Children's menus design course (university degree + 4 ECTS credits)

Thanks to this course in children's menus, you will obtain specialized training in the area of food and the manufacture of menus for children, being able to be in a school dining environment, hospital ... etc. The ability to apply nutrition and health-based food knowledge and adapted to the infant-juvenile stage will be acquired. With the realization of this training and more specifically from the area of knowledge, health services and products the student will study the basic and specific concepts of said subject. In addition, how to modify menus in the presence of pathological alterations such as allergies, intolerances or other common pathologies will be studied.

- Study the basic principles of human and dietary nutrition - Identify food groups - Know the needs and requirements of children's stages - Know culinary techniques to apply depending on food - Define the necessary instruments for the menus design - Apply knowledge about the preparation of menus applied to the most frequent food and food allergies in the pediatric age

Professional outputs of this course in children's menus are intended to cover those positions in which specific training in human and dietary nutrition, supervision in kitchens with personnel in charge in school dining rooms, hospitals or public institutions are required to the infant-juvenile stage are required.

With this course in children's menus design, it is intended to provide students with quality training, designed for the development of the theoretical-practical theoretical-related to the concepts of food and nutrition, knowledge of food groups and their culinary techniques, preparation of children's menus promoting healthy habits by establishing a varied, balanced and complete diet.

This course is especially aimed at dietitians-nutritionists and technicians in dietary, although it is a degree within the teachings of the university that does not enable for professional practice, so according to article 37.7 of Roy Own teachings that do not require prior university degree for access to them, the purpose of them is the extension and update of knowledge, competences and training or professional skills that contribute to a better labor insertion of citizens and citizens without university degree, so it will be open to every person without access university degrees of access that has an interest in carrying it out.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.