Child Obesity Course: Nutrition and Child Obesity (University Degree + 8 ECTS Credits)

Thanks to this course of child nutrition and obesity you will obtain specialized training in the area of the nutritional approach of obesity in the infant-juvenile stage of the population. Childhood obesity is a severe public health problem, since it is associated with its prevalence in the adult stages of life, as well as chronic diseases. The priority objective is to provide students with the necessary knowledge for the design of a balanced diet in terms of energy and nutrients, as well as adjusted based on the stage or degree of obesity suffered by the young woman. Emphasizing the possibility of diseases such as diabetes, derived from overweight and treatment through proper food

- Know the specific needs throughout childhood. - Identify the causes or background that propitiate obesity, as well as their treatment. - Inquire into the different valuations of the nutritional status of the child. - Deepen all the risks and problems that childhood obesity can trigger.

Professional exits of this course of child nutrition and obesity are destined to cover those positions in the educational field, the health sector, also to be a dietitian-nutritionist in medical offices, responsible for the elaboration of balanced menus in public institutions, hospitals, sports schools, etc.

This course of child nutrition and obesity prepares you to acquire the necessary competences to elaborate and/or supervise the necessary food in childhood and adolescence, as well as offer the relevant knowledge, in order to perfect their professional dedication, while guaranteeing a correct application for the prevention and/or treatment of obesity in these ages.

This Course of Nutrition and Child Obesity is aimed at university degrees of the Health Sciences Ram quality assurance

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.