IHFA - International Health and Fitness Association would like to offer online classes on Certificate Course in Maternal and Child Nutrition that's actually relevant to nutrition, prenatal- postnatal care specialists, fitness personal trainers, yoga therapists, and other healthcare professionals who deal with pregnant women and children.

This course provides knowledge to manage the nutritional needs during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, and childhood. The nine months of pregnancy represents the foremost significant phase of growth and development in humans. Nutrition is one of the modifiable factors which impact how well the expansion and development processes occur during pregnancy. In this course, you are able to learn about the role of nutrition in fetal growth, development, and long-term health. weight-gain recommendations and consider common problems during pregnancy which will be managed with nutritional remedies.

In this course, you will learn how to manage the course at prenatal and postnatal stages, child development and nutritional requirement, resources, and their importance.

Course Contents

•         Overview

•         Importance of nutrition

•         stages of pregnancy and nutrition management

•         lactation

•         Healthy Dietary plan for Pregnancy

•         Recommendations for Feeding Infants

•         Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation

•         Common Nutritional Issues and Concerns

•         Safety and skilled Feeding

•         Nutrition for Children

•         Growth and Development

•         Nutritional and Energy Requirements

•         Macro and Micro Nutrients

•         Nutrition-Related issues

•         Nutrition for Adolescence

•         Physical activities and nutrition needs

•         Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) in adolescents

•         Energy and Nutrient Requirements

•         Eating Disorders in adolescents

Class Schedule: CLICK HERE

Presenter: Malarvizhi Ravi, M.Sc, M.Phil, R.D Assistant Professor, Department of Home Science, Bharathidasan Govt. College for Women,(Affiliated to Pondicherry University), Puducherry

Course Eligibility: Nutritionists, Medical professionals, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Personal Trainers, and all healthcare professionals who deal with Maternal and Child Nutrition.

About IHFA International Health and Fitness Association IHFA is an academic organization which engages to offering continuing education program on health and fitness worldwide we have 60+ programs with 17+ international collaborations in various country, so IHFA always committed to providing quality education to professionals as per industry parameters. 

Course credit hours 8, approved CEC/ CEUs 0.8

Certification:  Certificate in Maternal and Child Nutrition by the International Health and Fitness Association (IHFA)