This course, brought to you in partnership with Plaskett College, will provide you with a detailed, systematic and scientifically-based training, fuller than possibly any other in the field. It will enable you to practise as a well-informed Weight Management Consultant and most importantly, you will be able to help and support individuals in their quest to lose weight whilst maintaining health and well-being.  You will:

• Gain an understanding of the basic elements of nutrition with a focus on the key nutrients in order to avoid deficiencies when working with weight loss clients
• Develop the confidence to be able to make informed choices from a wide span of weight loss options and avoid the use of rigidly fixed methods, thereby delivering programmes best suited to individual needs
• Learn the skills to be able to counsel on a one-to-one basis. This favours the resolution of individual circumstances and problems
• Receive the training to see your clients through every stage of the process, thereby maximising their chances of success.

COURSE ASSESSMENTS

• 3 short written assignments
• 2 case studies

MODULES

WEIGHT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY SYLLABUS

• Section 1 – Basic Science Support
• Section 2 – The Nature of the Problem/Understanding the Field
• Section 3 – The Theory of the causes of Obesity and Overweight
• Section 4 – The Health Consequences of excess weight
• Section 5 – First Principles of Correcting Excess Weight
• Section 6 – Reducing Weight through diet and dietary composition
• Section 7 – Selecting Individual Foods
• Section 8 – Building your knowledge of foods
• Section 9 – First Look at Conducting Consultations
• Section 10 – Calculating the Calories, the benefits of exercise
• Section 11 – Programs to promote good health
• Section 12 – Use of Supplements to promote weight loss
• Section 13 – Managing

• You will receive a certificate from Plaskett College as a Weight Management Consultant and be entitled to use the designatory letters Dip.WMC as a Weight Management Consultant.
• Students can register with the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT)
• Students can go onto further studies with universities and receive credits for Plaskett courses. Each student is taken on a case by case basis (with no guarantee they would be accepted), students mustn’t assume that it is an easy route into a degree course

• Practise as a weight management consultant
• Enhance your skillset and increase your earning potential