• YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Applied Nutrition for Health, Wellness, Weight Management, and Sports Performance (610/2287/1)

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    YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Applied Nutrition for Health, Wellness, Weight Management, and Sports Performance

    Qualifications Type

    Environmental Specialism

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    Environmental specialisms build on the knowledge and skills of occupational qualifications, enabling learners to expand their scope of practice to work within a broader range of settings e.g. outdoors, in community settings, in schools etc.

    Qualification Number (QN)

    610/2287/1

    Availability

    Operational start date – 1st May 2023

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    Entry Requirements

    Learners must be aged 16+
    Learners must also hold either a level 3 nutrition qualification or a qualification that includes nutrition content at level 3 e.g. YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training (Practitioner)

    Assessments

    Assessment workbooks
    Information resources
    Case studies

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    Overview

    This qualification provides learners with knowledge and skills to apply reliable, evidence-based nutritional science and healthy eating recommendations.

    Learners will gain an understanding of nutritional science and their application to exercise, sport and athletic performance. This includes the limitations and risks of supplements and performance aids, and the importance of hydration for sports performance.

    Working within their scope of practice, learners will be able to support their clients in their understanding of the relevance of official guidelines to personal food preferences and needs, including for health and wellbeing, weight management and sports performance.

    Qualification Details

    Learners will gain an understanding of nutritional science and their application to exercise, sport and athletic performance.

    This includes:

    The limitations and risks of supplements and performance aids
    The importance of hydration for sports performance

    To achieve the YMCA Level 4 Advanced Nutrition for Health, Weight Management and Sports Performance, learners need to achieve 5 mandatory units.

    Assessments include:

    Assessment workbooks
    Information resources
    Case studies

    You can find further information on these assessments in the qualification syllabus and/or learner assessment record, which are available for centres to download from Y-Connect.

    This qualification can lead to further training at the same and/or higher levels in a range of qualifications.

    For example:

    YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training (Practitioner) (603/2438/7)
    YMCA Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (603/3103/3)
    YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Weight Management for Individuals with Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and/or Metabolic Syndrome (600/6752/4)
    UniteLearning available?Manual available?
    Applied nutrition for exercise, sport, and athletic performance (K/650/6220)❌✔️
    Supplements, performance aids and hydration for sports performance (L/650/6221)❌✔️
    Providing dietary advice to support the needs of different athletes and sports people (M/650/6222)❌✔️

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