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Nutrition and Fluids

A 3 hour awareness course focused on the understanding of diet, nutrition and fluids, and exploring methods of promoting health and good practice within the health and social care setting.

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About this course

Nutrition and diet is all about providing the proper nourishment of nutrients to your body allowing for proper growth and development. People in care can often experience various problems with eating and drinking. Eating a healthy, balanced diet is vital to maintain physical and mental wellbeing. This 3 hour awareness course raises understanding of diet, nutrition and fluids and explores good practice methods of promoting it within the health and social care setting.

What does Nutrition and Fluids cover?

This half day course explores the implications of healthy and unhealthy diets relating to nutrition and fluid intake. It teaches delegates how to identify the main macro and micro nutrients necessary for a healthy diet, and create a meal plan to reflect a healthy and balanced diet. Delegates will discuss the importance of hydration as well as the signs of dehydration, and be able to recognise the signs of healthy and unhealthy eating and drinking issues within their home/work environment or care setting.

Who is our Nutrition and Fluids for?

This course is suitable for social or health care workers, and any business working within the care sector looking to encourage, promote and introduce beneficial dietary and nutritional practices to their staff and service users. It is also beneficial training for anyone to improve their own knowledge on the basics of good health and nutritional practice.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

Define the terms, “nutrition” and “diet”
List the implications of unhealthy diets
Identify the main macro and micro nutrients necessary for a healthy diet
Create a meal that reflects a balanced diet
Understand and use food labels
Understand the MUST assessment tool
Recognise the importance of hydration and signs of dehydration
Overcome eating and drinking issues within the setting

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost?

Our prices are personalised to the company, including how many delegates, and location. Please make an enquiry to get a personalised quote with no hidden costs.

Where do you cover?

We cover the whole of the UK.

Do you offer virtual training?

Many of our courses can be adapted for both classroom settings or virtual platforms like zoom. Some courses that include a practical aspect can only be delivered in a classroom setting.

Are your courses certified/accredited?

All learners will receive a certificate for any course they complete. Some of our courses are in-house certified, some of our courses are regulated by Ofqual and others are accredited by other awarding bodies.

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Why choose Able?

Specialists in your
corner

We work with specialists including doctors, nurses, dietitians and psychologists to keep our courses up to date and relevant.

Personalised
courses

Our courses can be personalised to the individual setting to meet the unique needs of your company.

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UK

Training can be delivered at a venue of your choice or at one of our training locations across the UK.

Trusted by companies of all sizes

Whether you’re an established enterprise or a growing startup, we’ve got your training needs covered. Trusted by companies of all sizes including:
Alzheimer’s Society, Mind, Foster Care Associates, Nursing Midwifery Council and the Scouts.