Nutrition in Action: Supporting Behaviour Change in Practice

The Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing (NIHA) are excited to announce that their new online short course titled 'Nutrition in Action: Supporting Behaviour Change in Practice' course has now officially launched.

The course aims to provide the workforce with knowledge and skills to better support individuals they work with and make every conversation count to improve nutrition behaviours.

The five modules in the course covers basic nutrition and key client-centred communication skills to aid conversations about dietary lifestyle change. They also introduce behaviour change theory and evidence-based behaviour change strategies throughout.

The course is comprised of approximately 10 hours of engagement with the online materials and the equivalent hours to be conducted whilst engaging in self-reflective exercises during your daily working practices.

NIHA are incredibly excited for the possibilities of this course and encourage you to please share the information below and attached flyer, amongst your channels, friends, partner organisations and colleagues to help raise awareness of the launch of this exciting new course.

Who is this course for?

This online course is aimed at anyone working in the community that may engage in conversations about healthy eating with service users. This includes individuals from voluntary or community sector organisations (food bank workers, social supermarket volunteers/employees), local authorities (NHS or council such as outreach workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses, social workers), or the commercial sector.

Course Aims

The course aims to provide you with nutrition knowledge and guidance on how food and nutrition affects our physical and mental health. It will also explore the EatWell Guide, portion sizes, food labelling, how to eat sustainably, eating on a budget and how the foods we consume can affect our mental health. The course will also introduce you to the concept of behaviour change, the theoretical underpinnings and strategies for supporting successful change. The course will demonstrate the core components of client-based communication skills and allow you the opportunity to explore implementing them in real-world scenarios.

This course is about bringing nutrition to life and making it more understandable and accessible to all. It is about making nutrition the heart of lifestyle behavioural change for you and the individuals you work with and providing the tools to actively support the beginnings of making eating behavioural changes. It provides an appreciation that change can be gradual, with even small changes having large impacts on current wellbeing and future health trajectory.

Course fee: £125

£50 Voluntary and Community sector and students.

If you would like to undertake the course, this link will take you to the UEA shop which will guide you through payment and enrolment process: https://store.uea.ac.uk/short-courses/faculty-of-medicine-and-health-sciences/online-courses/nutrition-in-action

For any questions please email us at the Norwich Institute of Healthy Ageing, directly: niha@uea.ac.uk