Food as Medicine: Talking about Weight

Online Course

Future Learn
Food as Medicine: Talking about Weight

What is the course about?

Food as Medicine: Talking about Weight
The course Food as Medicine: Talking about Weight is an online class provided by Monash University through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Help your patients use foods and nutrition to assist them in achieving their weight management outcomes.

Course description
  • Grow your confidence in answering common weight management questions
  • 2 weeks
  • The obesity crisis means that healthcare professionals talking confidently to patients about weight is more critical than ever.
  • On this course, designed for healthcare professionals by an international team of experts in nutrition and weight management from Monash University and Portsmouth Hospital, NHS Trust UK, including GPs and nurses, you will be equipped with the latest information about weight management strategies, so you can feel more confident in having difficult conversation regarding weight with patients, and answering common nutrition and weight management related questions.
  • Talking about weight with patients
  • Weight loss and management
  • Science of weight management
  • Weight loss strategies
  • Food quality, energy density and relationship with weight
  • Identify critical time points where interventions can have the most effect in the prevention of weight gain
  • Discuss factors that may assist patients to lose weight and prevent weight regain
  • Discuss factors that may drive weight regain in those who have lost weight and what health professionals can do to support weight loss maintenance
  • Engage effectively with patients and respond to common nutrition, food and weight management related questions
  • Places in this course are limited to 100, so please register early to avoid disappointment.
  • This course has been designed for healthcare professionals, specifically medical specialists, general practitioners and nurses.
  • However, the course may be of benefit to healthcare professionals such as dietitians and nutritionists with a background in nutrition, who may like a ‘refresher’ in this area of study.
  • You should have a good knowledge of science, medicine and healthcare practice.
  • This course is recognised by:
  • If you have any questions on the course, its accreditation/endorsement or how it may relate to your professional healthcare practice we encourage you to email your questions to [email protected]
  • Monash University
  • Monash University is one of Australia’s leading universities, ranked in the world’s top 1% by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It was established in Melbourne in 1958.

Prerequisites & Facts

Food as Medicine: Talking about Weight

Course Topic

Healthcare & Medicine, Nutrition

University, College, Institution

Monash University

Course Skill Level

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

Degree & Cost

Food as Medicine: Talking about Weight

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / Monash University you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: Monash University
Topic: Healthcare & Medicine, Nutrition