Weight Management & Consulting Course

As the saying goes, "you are what you eat". Advertising in magazines, newspapers and television stresses the importance of a lean and trim body. The emphasis on health and taking responsibility and control of your own health, highlights the importance of knowing how to manage an effective eating regime.

The emphasis is on consulting and designing personal eating programmes that suit your client. This programme has been designed to illustrate the value of a sensible eating regime. It will also allow the therapist to assist clients in weight management.

1: Introduction

• Reasons why people want to control their weight
• Fashion
• Peer pressure
• Attractiveness
• Health
• Fitness
• Financial considerations
• Dietary misconceptions

2: The Digestive System

• Carbohydrates (starches and sugars)
• Fats
• Proteins
• Water
• Mineral salts
• Vitamins
• Roughage
• The organs of digestion
• The structure of the alimentary canal
• The stomach
• The small instestine
• The large intestine
• The pancreas
• The liver

3: Nutrition – You Are What You Eat

• The risk of being overweight
• Determining if you are overweight
• Factors which contribute to weight gain
• Reasons for overeating
• Elements of nutrition

4: Some Basic Principles Of Weight Reduction and Control Diets

• Defining the term “diet”
• A point of departure
• Dieting slows your metabolism
• Some basic concepts

5: Guidelines to Compiling Eating Programmes

• Metabolising the food intake – the digestive process
• Structure of an intestinal villus
• A cross section of the small intestine
• Bringing about a lifestyle change
• Reducing or cutting our fat in the diet
• Reducing or cutting out sugar in the diet
• Increasing the fibre in the diet

6: Food Combining and Supplements

• Defining the term “food combining”
• Taking the digestive chemistry into consideration
• Rules for food combining
• Classification of foods
• Compatible and incompatible combinations
• Fruit in our diet

7: Working with the Client in Compiling Eating Programmes

• Get to know your client
• Contra-indications
• Goal setting
• Adapting the current food diary
• Designing a progress report
• Vitamins and supplements

8: The Role of Exercise in Weight Reduction and Control

• Exercise burns fat
• “Being active helps you lose weight”
• Walking and swimming as a form of exercise
• Five cool pool moves
• Deep wading
• Stretching exercises
• Benefits of exercise
• Quality of life
• Breathing

9: Motivating the Client

• Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• Alderfer ERC theory
• Herzberg’s two factor theory
• Setting the goal
• Monitoring your progress
• The role of the mind

10: Constipation, Food Cravings and Eating Disorders

• Constipation
• Food cravings
• Eating disorders
• Menopause related weight gain
• Mindell vitamin balanced diet
• Supplements

11: Basic Recipes and Cooking Methods

• Cooking and preparation of food
• Meat and poultry
• Fish
• Rice and pasta
• Vegetables and pulses
• Fruit
• Some basic recipes
• Soups
• Salads
• Main courses
• Sweets and desserts

12: Setting up a Weight Management Consultancy

• Business logistics of setting up a practice
• Awareness of opportunities
• Innovation
• Ability to cope with uncertainty
• Perseverance
• Knowledge and skills
• Financial considerations
• Steps in assessing a business opportunity
• Organisation of a weight management consultancy
• Logistics

For a more detailed syllabus on this course, click here

On completion of your course, you will receive two qualifications:

Qualification 1: Weight Management & Consulting Diploma

Weight Management & Consulting Diploma issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, entitling you to use the letters SAC Dip after your name.

Qualification 2: ASET Level 3 Weight Management & Consulting Award

This Course leads to an ASET Level 3 Award Certificate for successful learners. That means that it is independantly accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework (NFQ) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3).

The Award has been designed by a learning provider to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements and as such is not listed as a qualification on NQF. While the duration, content or assessment may vary from similar national qualifications, in accrediting the programme at level 3, ASET attests that its learning outcomes are at an equivalent level to a level 3 national qualification.

In order to offer our students the most convenient and flexible distance learning courses, Stonebridge Associated College offers you the option to study for your course via two methods:

• 1. Via the traditional paper-based method.
• 2. Through the online method via ElearnUK.

When you study through ElearnUK you can quickly access your course material online and submit all of your question papers to your tutor online, using your unique student account. You have access to all of your course material immediately, and when you submit question papers, your tutor sends you an email containing your results and feedback.

At the end of the course you will receive an award issued by Stonebridge Associated College, and also gain full ASET accreditation for the course.

With this course you will have unlimited access to your own personal tutor who specialises in their field of study. It is your personal tutor's role to ensure that you receive constructive feedback and to deal with any queries you may have. You are more than welcome to telephone, fax or email your personal tutor.

You will also have access to a dedicated and friendly team of administrators and course advisors who offer sound and professional guidance and advice when you need it. This ensures that you will never feel neglected and that you will always succeed!

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.

This is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to your tutor. You should allow at least 1 - 2 hours of study to complete each question paper.

The approximate amount of time required to complete the course is: 120 hrs.

Assessment Method

After each lesson there will be a question paper, which needs to be completed and submitted to your personal tutor for marking. This method of continual assessment ensures that your personal tutor can consistently monitor your progress and provide you with assistance throughout the duration of the course.

What's Included

• All study materials
• Study Guide
• Full Tutor and Admin support
• The course fee includes the ASET registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).

What is ASET

ASET is a recognised National Awarding Body.

This course is accredited by ASET. ASET are a leading National Awarding Body, recognised in the U.K by the Department for Education and Skills (DfEs), Learning Skills Council (LSC) and the Qualifications & Curriculum Authority (QCA). ASET specialise in providing, quality-assuring and certificating vocational learning programmes.

For more information on this award, click here

Professional Membership

On completion of this course students can apply for membership to the Society for Holistic Therapists and Coaches (SHTC), a professional body who are dedicated to recognised standards of qualification and practice - students will also be able to use the initials 'SHTC' after their names.

For more information please visit the SHTC website at www.societytherapistscoaches.com

Below you will find a list of courses that previous students have taken to complement their course. We hope that this list will give you some idea of the types of progression courses we offer, or alternative course options that may be of interest to you.

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