The aim of this qualification is to develop knowledge and understanding of key nutritional principles and healthy eating to support client goals. It also provides the learner with skills to analyse client nutritional intake in order to offer advice within scope of practice and integrate into fitness programme design.

Learners will cover:

• Understanding the principles of nutrition
• Understanding the influence of nutrition on health
• Understanding key nutritional guidelines and evidence-based recommendations and how they can be applied to individual clients
• Understanding the relationship between nutrition and physical activity
• Understanding how to collect information relating to nutrition
• Understanding how to use nutritional information
• Be able to identify and analyse nutritional information to identify clients dietary habits
• Be able to apply the principles of nutrition to a physical activity programme

Total credit value:	5
Guided learning hours:	36
Total Qualification Time:	52
Qualification number:	603/3098/3
YMCA Awards qualification code:	QA3NUT01
Operational start date:	01/05/2018
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