Nutritional Requirements (27460) - Index

Total Topic Time: 1 hour 23 mins

Segment 1 What Is Nutrition? (10:21 mins)

• What is nutrition?
• What are carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, and minerals?
• Why is nutrition important?
• Nutritional needs throughout life
• Feeding issues and dietary requirements

Segment 2 Dietary Requirements (12:12 mins)

• How a person’s dietary requirements are made up
• Different types of dietary requirements
• How the Personal Plan impacts care

Segment 3 Healthy Eating (12:59 mins)

• How do we know what to eat?
• Food groups, serving sizes, and daily requirements
• Hydration, serving sizes, and daily requirements

Segment 4 Life Stages (13:11 mins)

• Birth to infancy: 0-23 months
• Child: 2 to 18 years
• Adult: 19 – 64 years
• Older adult: 65+ years

Segment 5 Health Impairment (15:52 mins)

• Eliminating or increasing certain foods
• Aging and health status
• Food for diabetics, heart failure, and blood pressure problems
• Food intolerances

Segment 6 Nutrition and Weight (9:27 mins)

• Low fat diets
• Weight reduction diets
• High calorie diets
• High protein diets
• Use of supplement feeding

Segment 7 Diet and Culture (9:00 mins)

• How religion and personal beliefs influence what a person can and cannot eat
• How culture dictates what a person eats
• How to support a person to eat to their beliefs and customs