If you want to be in charge of Diet Therapy for Nursing, this postgraduate diploma will not only update your knowledge, but will also provide you with the most effective news in the sector”  

The increase in cases of overweight or obese patients has increased in the last decade, especially in Western countries. The United States, Russia and Germany top the list, and increasingly unhealthy eating behaviors, linked to a sedentary lifestyle and the freneticism of daily life, have seriously affected the entire population. This represents a serious global health problem, since this pathology affects the body aggressively, and can cause heart, kidney or liver problems, among others. 

In this sense, Dietetic Nursing is essential to try to alleviate this situation, since having extensive and updated knowledge about the essential nutritional aspects to take into account when treating patients with these diseases can help reduce the number of cases. For this reason, TECH and its team of experts in Nutrition and Endocrinology have developed this postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in Overweight, Obesity and their Comorbidities in Diet Therapy for Nursing. It is a complete and exhaustive program that delves not only into Nutrition, health and disease prevention, but also places special emphasis on the assessment of nutritional status and the calculation of personalized eating plans, without forgetting its recommendations and the correct guidelines for following it. 

All of this in a comfortable 100% online program that has the best teaching team, a new and intensive syllabus based not only on theoretical content, but also on practical content, and with hours of high-quality additional material. In addition, the versatility of being able to access the Virtual Classroom from any device with an internet connection (Tablet, PC or mobile) will give the graduate the possibility of working from wherever they want, with a totally personalized schedule and compatible with any other work activity or staff. 

Tendrás acceso al Aula Virtual las 24 horas del día durante toda la semana, para que organices tu calendario académico de manera personalizada y en base a tu disponibilidad inmediata”

This postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in Overweight, Obesity and their Comorbidities in Diet Therapy for Nursing contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include: 

• The development of practical cases presented by experts in Nutrition and Endocrinology
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies 
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

Delve into the calculation of nutritional plans will allow you to create personalized dietary calendars based on current recommendations”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.  

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

In front of you there is an opportunity that you were looking for to catch up on nutritional status assessment and calculation of plans for overweight patients through a 100% online program"

A program with which you can catch up on low-calorie diets and their calculation on an individualized basis"

Obesity and overweight are two real health problems that affect a large part of society. For this reason, the agents involved in its prevention and treatment, in this case the nurses, must be able to have a qualification that allows them to update themselves in a simple way and totally compatible with their day-to-day life, on the most relevant issues related to Nutrition. For this reason, the objective of this postgraduate diploma is, precisely, to provide you with the necessary academic tools that will help you achieve it in just 6 months.  

Whatever your goals are, TECH will give you the tools to help you, not only achieve them, but exceed them in less time than you expect” 

General Objectives

• Broaden knowledge and incorporate advanced and innovative knowledge in food and nutrition in the daily clinical practice of the nurse
• Revise the fundamental aspects of healthy eating, with a current approach aimed at risk prevention
• Delve into the correct management of daily nutrition
• Examine the most common syndromes and symptoms related to nutritional problems

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Food, Health and Disease Prevention: Current Issues and Recommendations for the General Population

• Analyze patient's eating habits, as well as their problems and motivation
• Update nutritional recommendations based on scientific evidence for their application in clinical practice
• Prepare for the design of nutritional education strategies and patient care

Module 2. Assessment of Nutritional Status and Calculation of Personalized Nutritional Plans, Recommendations and Monitoring    

• Adequate assessment of the clinical case, interpretation of causes and risks
• Personalized calculation of nutritional plans taking into account all individual variables
• Planning nutritional plans and models for a complete and practical recommendation

Module 3. Nutrition in Overweight, Obesity and their Comorbidities 

• Adequate assessment of the clinical case, interpretation of causes of overweight and obesity, comorbidities and risks
• Calculate and individually prescribe the different models of hypocaloric diets
• Plan consultations and multidisciplinary team in obesity 

A dynamic academic experience aimed exclusively at updating the knowledge of nurses, which includes real clinical cases with which they can improve their skills in a practical way”