06 Nutrition and relevant Health Apps (Course6-EN)

Units

  6.2 Experiential training sess...
6.1 Teaching Session

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

Resources for 6.1

ETA 6.1 Teaching Session (online)
ETA 6.1 Teaching Session (pdf)

6.1.1. General Nutrition Knowledge

Duration: 3 0 minutes

This introduction to general nutrition knowledge will cover the following topics:

  • Nutrients.
  • Energy and Calories.
  • Macro- and micronutrients.
  • Explaining Carbohydrates, Protein and Fat. 
  • Explaining Vitamins and Minerals.

Resources: 

  • ETA - 6 Teaching Session (6.1), Unit 6.1.1 

6.1.2. Main Principles of Healthy Diets

Duration: 30 minutes

The specific content is demonstrated below:

  • Eating a variety of foods.
  • Meeting the individual nutritional needs.
  • No ‘‘one-size fits all’’ diet.
  • Tips for a following a Healthy Diet according to the latest guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Resources: 

  • ETA - 6 Teaching Session (6.1), Unit 6.1.2 

6.1.3 The relationship between Nutrition and Health

Duration: 30 minutes

Components of the session can be found below:

  • Malnutrition and its forms.
  • Implications of undernutrition.
  • Implications of micronutrient-related malnutrition.
  • Implications of overweight and obesity.

Resources:

  • ETA - 6 Teaching Session (6.1), Unit 6.1.3

6.1.4 Goal Setting

Duration: 10 minutes

The trainer will introduce the ‘SMART goal’ framework and will elaborate on the acronym in order to help guide nutrition-related goal setting. Examples of SMART goals will be presented.

Resources:

  • ETA - 6 Teaching Session (6.1), Unit 6.1.4

6.1.5 Health Apps related to Nutrition and their Usefulnes

Duration: 30 minutes

The trainer will mention the rising number of Nutrition Apps that are available nowadays and will point out that these may be used for a variety of different goals.  

More specifically, participants will be introduced to:

  • Most common types of Nutrition Apps. 
  • Potential features of Nutrition Apps.
  • The potential usefulness of Nutrition Apps.

Resources:

  • ETA - 6 Teaching Session (6.1), Unit 6.1.5

6.1.6 Discussion and Evaluations

Duration: 10 minutes

The trainer will encourage participants to ask questions related to all previous theoretical content that were presented to them and will resolve any misunderstandings that emerged. Evaluation questionnaires will also be provided.

Resources:

  • ETA - 6 Teaching Session (6.1), Unit 6.1.6