Childrens Nutrition

Course Overview

Help improve children's eating habits.

A solid general knowledge about the place of food in our lives provides a great start in raising healthy children.

The Cengage Education course in Children’s Nutrition provides practical information to help change children’s eating habits for the better using the preparation of nutritionally balanced food.

Students will receive 12 months free membership to Early Childhood Australia as well as a subscription to the Everyday Learning Series. Membership entitles students to:

• a quarterly Every Child Magazine
• a fortnightly ECA Web Watch e-newsletter
• a quarterly ECA Voice member newsletter
• an ECA Code of Ethics brochure

On completion of your course:

Upon successful completion of the following competency:

• CHCCN3C Prepare nutritionally balanced food in a safe and hygienic manner

students will receive a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment. This course contains selected units of competency from the

• CHC02 Community Services Training Package.

Cengage Education is a Registered Training Organisation registered by VETAB (Vocational Education and TrainingAccreditation Board).

Key areas of learning:

• Nutrition - 1A
• Nutrition - 1B
• Nutrition - 1C

Selected unit of competency:

• CHCCN3C Prepare nutritionally balanced food in a safe and hygienic manner

Early Childhood Australia

Cengage Education is pleased to announce their affiliation with Early Childhood Australia, the peak advocacy organisation for young children. Early Childhood Australia is committed to the care and education of children from birth to eight; and demonstrates this by supporting all carers and educators, including parents, to engage in best practice in early childhood environments.

As part of this commitment, Early Childhood Australia provides the following key services:

Course Duration

18 months

Study Hours

500 hrs

Qualification

Statement of Attainment

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge or experience is required to take this course.

Learning periods

This course is divided into 4 learning periods

Assessment details

4 written assessments
3 multiple choice assignmentns
1 workplace assessment

Extra learning materials included

Understanding normal and clinical nutrition (Textbook)

Criminal record check

Students who take the Children's Services course should be aware that if they possess a criminal record involving violence or abuse there may be restrictions to their practical placements, workplace and career options involving contact with children and vulnerable people.

There may be instances where the student will be required to undergo a criminal records check or a Working with Children check.

Workplace assessment

Workplace training gives students the opportunity to develop practical job skills, such as interacting with people in a professional environment, developing communication skills, as well as an insight into particular job roles and responsibilities. Overall, students have found workplace training enhanced their chances of getting a job and succeeding at it.

As a mandatory part of this course, students are required to seek workplace training. Workplace training and assessment is the gathering and evaluation of evidence during normal work activities in order to determine whether a required element within a competency has been achieved.

Workplace assessment will entail a combination of recognition, observation, questioning, discussion and third party validation.

Following this, all students are required to provide a signed Pre-Assessment Interview form, Workplace Assessment form, Record of Outcome form and also the Workplace Agreement form to verify they have successfully demonstrated the practical components of each of the required competency outcomes. A qualified manager/supervisor must sign the forms as validation.

Subjects You’ll Cover

Introduction to Nutrition and the wholefood diet
What is Nutrition
The role of Food
Basic Diet Composition & Energy

Dietary Choices, Recommendations and Food Labels
Food Choices
Dietary Guidelines
Food Labels

The wholefood diet, food as therapy and Nutritional Assessment
What is a healthy diet
Methods of assessing nutritional status of individuals
Nutritional Research

Digestion and Absorption
The Digestive system
Timing of digestion
Enzymes

An Introduction to Carbohydrates
Sources of Carbohydrates
Functions of Carbohydrates
Health Implications & Disorders

An Introduction to Protein
Protein Classification
Functions of Protein
Health Implications & Disorders

An Introduction to Lipids
Functions of Lipids
Food Sources of Lipids
Benefits of Fats

Micronutrients - Vitamins & Minerals
Micronutrients
Vitamins
Minerals

Supplementation
Types of nutritional supplements available
Excipients
Positives and Negatives of supplementation

A Detailed look at Carbohydrates
Carbohydrate Metabolism
The Glycaemia Index (or GI Factor)
The Health of sugars

Food Sources of Carbohydrates and sugars, and Artificial Sweeteners
Structure & nutritional makeup of grain
Types of grains and grain alternatives
Artificial sweeteners

Disorders Associated with carbohydrates and carbohydrate metabolism
Hypoglycaemia
Hyperglycaemia
Other conditions associated with carbohydrates

A detailed look at Proteins and Amino acids
Digestion and Absorption of protein
Metabolism of proteins
Recommended Protein intake

Protein Quality and Protein in Animal Foods
Protein in Foods and protein quality
Protein in animal foods
Milk and dairy foods

Protein in Plant foods and Vegetarian diets
Grains
Nuts
Seeds
Types of vegetarian diets

A detailed look at lipids
Digestion and Absorption of Lipids
Heart disease and dietary lipids
Health effects of Lipids

Essential fatty acids, Lipids in foods, and improving fat intake
Functions of the Essential fatty acids
Sources of Triglycerides and fatty acids
Improving the ratio of Omega 6 to Omega 3 fatty acids

Water
The functions of water in the body
Thirst and dehydration
Water treatment and processing

Super foods from the ocean, green plants & bees
Super foods from the ocean
Super foods from green plants
Super foods from Bees

Food Additives & food labelling
Food Additives
Food Labelling

Food Allergy and Intolerances
Causes of Food allergies and Intolerances
Tests for Food allergies and Intolerances
Treatment of Food Intolerance

Mood altering foods: Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate
Coffee
Tea
Chocolate
Energy Drinks

Drugs that affect nutrient status: Alcohol and Cigarettes
Absorption and Metabolism of Alcohol in the body
Cigarette and Nutrition