Nutrition & Personal Health Coaching Modules

Learning Module 1: Finding the Right Balance and Building Healthy Lifestyles

• Part A (2 hours)
  Living Well: Promoting Healthy Behavior Change
  1. Putting Your Health in Perspective
  2. New Directions for Health
  3. Preparing for Better Health in the Twenty-First Century
  4. Changing Your Health Behaviors
  5. Choosing a Behavior-Change Technique
  6. Planning Behavior Change
  7. Self-Test 
• Part B (2 hours)
  Nutrition: Eating for Optimum Health
  1. Assessing Eating Behaviors: Are You What You Eat?
  2. Eating for Health
  3. Obtaining Essential Nutrientsest
  4. Determining Your Nutritional Needs
  5. The My Pyramid Food Guide
  6. Vegetarianism
  7. Improved Eating
  8. Food Safety: A Growing Concern
  9. Self-Test
• Part C (2 hours)
  Integrative Health: New Choices and Responsibilities for Healthwise Consumers
  1. Complementary and Alternative Medicine: What Is It and Who Uses It?
  2. Alternative Medical Systems
  3. Manipulative and Body-Based Methods
  4. Energy Medicine
  5. Mind-Body Medicine
  6. Biologically Based Practices
  7. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (SHEA) and Regulations
  8. Protecting Consumers and Regulating Claims
  9. Healthy Living in the New Millennium
  10. Self-Test 
• Part D
  Learning Module 1 Assessment

Learning Module 2: Nutrients, Foods, and Supplements

• Part A (4 hours)
  Vitamins: Small but Powerful
  1. What Are Vitamins?
  2. The B Vitamins and Vitamin C Are Water-Soluble
  3. The Fat-Soluble Vitamins
  4. Are There Other Important Nutrients Obtained with Vitamins?
  5. How Should  You Get Your Vitamins?
  6. Food Sources for Obtaining Adequate Vitamins
  7. Vitamin Needs Through the Lifecycle
  8. Supplemental Sources and Needs for Food-Based Vitamins
  9. Self-Test
• Part B (4 hours)
  Minerals: Essential Elements
  1. What Are Minerals?
  2. Trace Minerals Are Needed in Smaller Amounts
  3. How Should You Get Your Minerals?
  4. Food Sources for Obtaining Adequate Minerals
  5. Mineral Needs Through the Lifecycle
  6. Supplemental Sources and Needs for Food-Based Minerals
  7. Self-Test
• Part C (4 hours)
  Supplements, Nutraceuticals, and Functional Foods: Are They Right For You?
  1. Revisiting DSHEA: Regulation, Consumer Safety and Efficacy
  2. What are Herbs?
  3. What are Nutraceuticals?
  4. What Are Supplements and Who Needs Them?
  5. Can Dietary Supplements Contribute to Fitness?
  6. What Are Functional Foods?
  7. What Role Do Functional Foods Play in Your Diet?
  8. Roadmap for Retailers: Safely Navigating What You Say About Dietary Supplements
  9. Self-Test 
• Part D
  Learning Module 2 Assessment

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