Nutrition for Older Adults Certification

Nutrition for Older Adults

Nutrition for Older Adults is a course that aims to equip fitness trainers with firsthand knowledge of dealing with older clients. The course focuses on the problems faced by older adults as they age and how those problems can be combated.

This course has been designed around the idea of the nutritional needs of older adults and how to address any issues that may arise. The entire course has been divided into five modules; each module is based on a different theme related to the nutritional wellbeing of older adults.

What you will learn:

Throughout this course, you will learn about:

• The process of ageing and active ageing
• How to maintain a balanced nutritional intake for older adults
• The consequences of insufficient nutriti

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• Risk factors attached to poor eating habits
• Nutritional assessment tools to determine underlying deficiencies
• Strategies to address nutritional concerns
• How to communicate healthy lifestyle choices to older adults
• The importance of physical exercise in old age

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