Advanced Nutrition

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

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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.
    • The importance of hydration for sports performance.

    Working within their scope of practice they 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
    • sports performance.

    Learners will also learn how to direct individuals who participate in physical activity and exercise to reputable sources of information when required.

     
    Qualification

    QN

    GLH

    TQT

    Operational start date

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

    610/2694/3

    150

    309

    01/06/2023

     

     

    Supported by experts

     

     

    This qualification is mapped to, and fully endorsed against, the the Association for Nutrition (AfN) competence framework: Nutrition for Fitness and Leisure (Intermediate and Advanced Level).

    It is also recognised by the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMPSA), receiving 10 CPD points.


     

    Currently working as a Gym or Group Exercise Instructor? This qualification builds on knowledge within our occupational qualifications allowing learners to expand scope of practice and better support their clients.

     


    Better support your clients

     

    Learners must be aged 16+.

    To achieve the YMCA Level 4 Advanced Nutrition for Health, Weight Management and Sports Performance (610/2694/3), learners need to achieve 5 mandatory units:

    UnitAssessment(s)
    Nutrition for physical activity and exercise (F/650/6219)
    • Assessment workbook
    • Information resources
    • Case study
    Structure and functions of the digestive system (K/650/7239)
    • Assessment workbook
    Applied nutrition for exercise, sport, and athletic performance (K/650/6220)
    • Assessment workbook
    • Information resources

    Supplements, performance aids and hydration for sports performance (L/650/6221)

    • Assessment workbook
    • Information resources
    Providing dietary advice to support the needs of different athletes and sports people (M/650/6222)
    • Information resources
    • Case study 

     

    This qualification can lead to further training at the same and/or higher levels in a range of related disciplines. For example, YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Weight Management for Individuals with Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and/or Metabolic Syndrome (600/6752/4).

    The information below provides details of our fees for our approved centres. If you're a learner, you'll need to find a training provider to get an accurate cost for completing one of our qualifications. Training providers will charge learners more than the prices listed below to cover the costs of the delivery of teaching and assessment they complete on our behalf.

    Registration and certification fees

    YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Advanced Nutrition for Health, Weight Management and Sports Performance (610/2694/3) — £35.00 per learner

    Teaching and learning resources

    Unit

    eLearning available?

    Manual available?

    Nutrition for physical activity and exercise (F/650/6219)Coming soonComing soon
    Structure and functions of the digestive system (K/650/7239)Coming soonComing soon
    Applied nutrition for exercise, sport, and athletic performance (K/650/6220)

    No

    No

    Supplements, performance aids and hydration for sports performance (L/650/6221)

    No

    		No
    Providing dietary advice to support the needs of different athletes and sports people (M/650/6222)

    No

    No

    Visit our fees page for more information on resource and resource bundle pricing.

    Existing centres can add this qualification to their offer by completing an 'Additional Product Approval Request' in Y-Connect.

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