06 Nutrition and relevant Health Apps (Course6-EN)

Description

Nutrition and relevant Health Apps 

This online module is addressed to trainees. 

Objectives

This module is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to adopt healthy dietary habits, maintain optimal health and leverage nutrition apps for achieving nutrition-related goals. This course will cover a range of fundamental nutrition knowledge and nutrition app categories, enabling participants to make informed decisions about app selection, utilization, and integration into their everyday-nutrition, if they wish so. Through knowledge acquisition, interactive sessions, practical exercises, real-life scenarios examples, goal setting and discussions, participants will gain confidence in using nutrition apps as valuable tools in their journey towards a healthier lifestyle.                 

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Objectives

The Nutritiona and relevant Health Apps is a comprehensive module designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to adopt healthy dietary habits, maintain optimal health and leverage nutrition apps for achieving nutrition-related goals. This course will cover a range of fundamental nutrition knowledge and nutrition app categories, enabling participants to make informed decisions about app selection, utilization, and integration into their everyday-nutrition, if they wish so. Through knowledge acquisition, interactive sessions, practical exercises, real-life scenarios examples, goal setting and discussions, participants will gain confidence in using nutrition apps as valuable tools in their journey towards a healthier lifestyle.

Participants and roles
  • Newcomer migrants; trainees
  • Migrants Peers; trainees or trainers after being trained as trainers. When they will attend as trainees, they could play a role of supporting the Newcomer Migrants along the training process, including support in overcoming language and cultural barriers
  • Supports: trainees or trainers after being trained as trainers. When they will attend as trainees, they could play a role of supporting the Newcomer Migrants along the training process, including support in overcoming language and cultural barriers
Learning outcomes
  • Gain fundamental theoretical knowledge on nutrition and the principles of healthy diets in order to improve eating habits.
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the link between nutrition and health. 
  • Get familiar with various types of health apps tailored for nutrition: classify and differentiate them, navigate through them, explore their features, benefits, and user interfaces.
  • Explore real life scenarios of individuals that used the nutrition apps.
  • Set goals using SMART criteria, and plan nutrition goals using nutrition apps.
  • Discussions and critically evaluating current nutrition apps and its use.
Training Contents
  1. General Nutrition Knowledge 
  2. Main principles of Healthy Diets
  3. The relationship between Nutrition and Health
  4. Health Apps related to Nutrition and their Usefulness
  5. Goal Setting: SMART
  6. Specific examples of Nutrition Apps
  7. Real Life Integrations – Implementation of SMART goals
  8. Quiz and Self-Assessment
  9. Closure
Duration

Estimated Duration: 5 hours

  • Teaching sessions: 2 hours, 30 minutes
  • Self-study supported by e-learning tools & Experiential training session: 2 hours
  • Closing session: 30 minutes
Resources
  • Training materials: 
    • ppt. for Teaching Session, 
    • ppt. for Self-learning and Experiential training Session, 
    • ppt. for Clossing Session.
  • Supporting educational materials: assignments related to SMART goals, quizzes (multiple choice, true-false, matching exercise), questions & answers.
  • e-Training Platform and App Training Tool.
  • Health Apps: Examples of Nutrition Apps covering different areas and functions.
  • Other: Complementary and further readings, videos (“YouTube”) contents.

 

Units

Objectives

  • To equip participants with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions about adopting healthy dietary habits and maintaining optimal health.
  • To equip participants with the knowledge required to leverage nutrition apps for achieving nutrition-related goals.

Competences

  • Participants will be equipped with the skills required to leverage nutrition apps for achieving nutrition-related goals.
  • Participants’ skills will be enhanced in order to make informed decisions about app selection, utilization, and integration into participants’ everyday-nutrition, if they wish so.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes

Objectives

  • To comprehend in depth the theory and implement it on relevant nutrition apps.
  • To comprehend in depth the usefulness of SMART goals and to be familiar with their utilization.
  • To comprehend, through real-life scenarios and situations, how nutrition apps may enable following healthier dietary habits and may help individuals’ health in general.

Competences

  • To equip participants with the skills required to leverage nutrition apps for achieving nutrition-related goals.
  • To enhance the skills needed to make informed decisions about app selection, utilization, and integration into participants’ everyday-nutrition, if they wish so.

Duration:  1 hour

Objective

  •   Self-Assessment via a Quiz

Duration: 30 Minutes

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