The postgraduate certificate allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations”

This postgraduate certificate focuses on the aspects less studied during the university career, allowing to broaden the knowledge necessary to cover a wide spectrum of potential athletes, as well as to meet their nutritional needs.  

Sports performance is based on 3 fundamental pillars: training, rest and nutrition. One of the most common mistakes made by athletes is to believe that the only important thing is training, neglecting both rest and nutrition. In fact, many athletes believe that nutrition is only important on the day of competition, and these errors make it vital to monitor the athlete throughout the season, where it is considered essential to know the basal values to know what their starting point is, which helps us to plan the different phases of the season and thus enhance their performance.

Within this program we can find a teaching staff of the highest level, instructed by professionals intimately related to Sports Nutrition, outstanding in their field and leading lines of research and field work, as well as recognized specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. The teachers of this postgraduate certificate are professionals who seek excellence in their teaching and work, teaching in university centers and working with athletes to maximize their performance.  

Food and sport must go hand in hand, as it is essential that athletes follow a proper diet to help them improve their performance” 

This postgraduate certificate in Nutritional Assessment of the Athlete at Different Times of the Season contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the program include:

• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created contain information that is indispensable for professional practice
• It contains exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making for patients with feeding problems
• 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 

This postgraduate certificate is the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Sports Nutrition, you will obtain a certificate from the leading online university in spanish: TECH”  

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this training, as well as renowned specialists from reference 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 training programmed to train 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. The professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in sports nutrition.    

Immerse yourself in the study of this complete postgraduate certificate and improve your skills in nutritional counseling for athletes"

This 100% online postgraduate certificate will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the sports science professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the study of Sports Nutrition in Special Populations. 

This refresher program will provide you with a sense of confidence in your daily work, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General Objectives

• Handle advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional and non-professional athletes for the healthy performance of physical exercise
• Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of various fields in order to achieve maximum sports performance
• Learn advanced knowledge about nutritional planning in professional athletes from team sports to achieve the highest sports performance 
• Manage and consolidate the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit needed to launch projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances into one' s own professional field
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment
• Advanced understanding of the context in which the area of their specialty is developed
• Manage advanced skills in the detection of possible signs of nutritional changes associated with sports activities
• Manage the necessary skills through the teaching-learning process that will allow them to continue training and learning in the field of Sports Nutrition, both through the contacts established with professors and professionals of this training, as well as in an autonomous way
• Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its implication in sport
• Know the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in the different situations specific to age and gender
• Become a specialist in the dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of injured athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of child athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

• Analysis of biochemistry to detect nutritional deficits or signs of over-training
• Interpretation of the different types of body composition in order to optimize the appropriate weight and fat percentage for the sport being practised
• Monitoring of the athlete throughout the season
• Planning of seasonal schedules according to individual requirements

Make the most of this opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Nutritional Assessment of the Athlete at Different Times of the Season”