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Services & Courses

Courses for Nursing Staff

In hospital settings up to 25% of patients may be malnourished and up to 40% of adults and 15% of children admitted to hospital are malnourished. This one day course covers basic nutrition as it affects all groups of patients with emphasis on avoiding malnutrition. Specific areas such as texture modification, diet and heart disease, diabetes can also be covered.

Courses for the Fitness Industry

Nutrition & Fitness. Covers basic principles, weight management strategies, current recommendations, ergogenic aids including the use and abuse of sports drinks. Nutrition & Sport. Nutrition as it effects performance in key sporting events. Glycogen loading, rehydration, electrolyte replacement, ergogenic aids, menu planning. Both courses available as one or two day programmes.

Case Study
Renault Formula 1 - Nutrition Course for Sports Professionals.
Delivered a one day tailored course on specific nutritional requirements for F1 drivers.

Courses for Care & Catering Staff

A specialist course for personnel involved in the preparation or administration of therapeutic diets within care settings. The principles and practical considerations of diets for dysphagia (modified diets) diabetes mellitus and malnutrition are covered. Also covered is the promotion of good hydration in line with Care Quality Commission or Care Commission guidance.The course is delivered by a Registered Dietitian.

Courses for Food Technologists

This course covers areas such as food additives, food and nutrition labelling, fortification and restoration and methods of food technology. This course can be between 1 or 4 days long.

Case Study
Lightbody Celebration Cakes – Nutrition for Food Technologists
Delivered two day course for technologists and key personnel concentrating on food additives and recent food labelling legislation.

Weight Management Programme

We also provide a comprehensive week on week Weight management programme which consists of a tutors pack together with Fact sheets which can form the basis of a weight management session or a talk by gym staff to clients on diet and health. Click HERE to download your free Fact Sheet. All materials have been devised by a Registered Dietitian. The weight management programme includes:

The aims of the programme
Expected outcomes
Benefits to the participants
How the programme should be run
A series of stand alone lecture sessions
Resources for tutors and participants
Tasks for participants

Case Study
Gleneagles Hotel – The development and delivery of a 10 week Weight Management Programme for Club Members.

Half-day Workplace Seminars

Diseases such as Coronary Heart Disease, Cancer and Obesity have an undisputed dietary link, increasingly people need to know what effective lifestyle changes they can make. We offer seminars on:

• Weight Management
• Healthy Eating
• Lifestyle Management
• Vitamins and Minerals
• Allergy Awareness

Usually a half to one day, but can be tailored for individual requirements.

Diet, Menu & Recipe Analysis

Consumers are increasingly demanding more information about the food they eat. In certain circumstances nutrition labelling is mandatory but other manufacturers provide the information voluntarily since they see it as an aid to consumer choice. We can offer:

• Analysis using recognised computer databases to conform to legal labelling requirements
• ‘Big 4’ (energy, carbohydrate, protein & fat) or ‘Big 8’ (as before plus sodium, fibre,saturates and sugars) analysis
• Comprehensive reports provided

Nutrition Audits

Audits of food preparation sites by a Dietitian to establish whether the business conforms to the Model Nutrition Guidelines for Catering Specifications or other similar standards. There is an obligation on the whole Public Sector within Scotland to follow these. Detailed report and recommendations provided.

Case Study
Fife Council Care Homes – A Nutrition Audit was carried out in Fife against in- house standards, Care Commission guidance and Caroline Walker Trust guidelines.

DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIST RESOURCES

We can advise on the content, presentation and development of specialist resources on food safety, allergies, nutrition, slimming and any similar subject. This can be as basic as a ten minute fact sheet for use with a slimming group to a fully developed course for delivery to employees.

Last Updated : 29 March 2010

The Nutrition Training Company ‘The Wickets’ Second Floor 52, Fortrose Street, Partickhill Glasgow G11 5LP

Telephone: 0141 357 2705 Email info@nutritiontraining.co.uk