You will learn about the most innovative aspects of nutrition applied to the pharmaceutical field through a degree designed by experts and aimed at improving your professional skills”

Although issues related to overweight and obesity are usually more related to other areas, the fact is that the community pharmacy and its specialists play a vital role in the nutritional treatment of this pathology. Today, millions of pharmacists versed in this area dedicate their daily work to the development of diets and dietary strategies that help not only to treat these types of pathologies, but also to prevent their onset or possible complications.

For this reason, TECH has adapted this Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in Overweight, Obesity and their Comorbidities in Diet Therapy, so that these professionals have access to a degree that allows them to be updated on the latest scientific evidence and can update their practice according to the most effective and innovative nutritional recommendations. This is a program that begins by delving into nutrition, health and disease prevention through food, and continues by going deeper into the assessment of nutritional status and the calculation of adapted plans, their recommendations and the specifications for their correct follow-up. Finally, it places special emphasis on the characteristics of overweight, obesity, its comorbidities and its treatment through a diet adapted to each patient.

A way to catch up in a dynamic and 100% online way with which the pharmacist will not only see his knowledge updated and expanded in a very short time, but will also see his improvement in the improvement of his professional skills and competences. All this through a syllabus designed exclusively by experts in the sector, who, in addition, have selected hours of high quality additional material to deepen those aspects of each module that are most relevant to your career.

You will delve into calorimetry and the impact on the personalized treatment of patients with obesity or overweight and the recommendations for each case”

This Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in the Overweight and Obese Population and their Comorbidities in Diet Therapy and their Comorbidities in Diet Therapy 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 the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

You will be able to put your skills into practice through the study of common and complex real clinical cases, perfecting your strategies and improving your approach to your patients”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the 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 This will be done with the help of an innovative system of interactive videos made by renowned experts.

You will be able to get up to date in everything related to pharmacological treatments in obesity and drug-nutrient interactions and adaptation to the nutritional plan"

You will have access to a catalog of nutritional recommendations according to age or condition, for example, for pregnant women, menopausal women, children or athletes"

TECH's success lies in the development of specialized degrees in each field and in the use of the most avant-garde teaching methodology in the university academic sector. In addition, they prepare their syllabi following the guidelines of the teaching team, so that the content always meets the standards of quality, timeliness and completeness. In addition, the faculty is also responsible for developing and selecting additional material in different formats, so that the graduates have a dynamic alternative with which to contextualize the information and delve into the aspects they deem necessary in a personalized manner.

You will delve into the importance of nutrition education, as well as the latest developments related to strategies for maintaining eating habits”

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

1.1. Feeding Habits in the Current Population and Health Risks
1.2. Mediterranean and Sustainable Diet

1.2.1. Recommended Dietary Pattern

1.3. Comparison of Dietary Patterns or “Diets”
1.4. Nutrition in Vegetarians
1.5. Childhood and Adolescence

1.5.1. Nutrition, Growth and Development

1.6. Adults

1.6.1. Nutrition for the Improvement of Quality of Life
1.6.2. Prevention
1.6.3. Treatment of disease

1.7. Pregnancy and Lactation Recommendations
1.8. Recommendations in Menopause
1.9. Advanced Age

1.9.1. Nutrition in Aging
1.9.2. Changes in Body Composition
1.9.3. Abnormalities
1.9.4. Malnutrition

1.10. Nutrition in Athletes

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

2.1. Medical History and Background

2.1.1. Individual Variables Affecting Nutritional Plan Response

2.2. Anthropometry and Body Composition
2.3. Assessment of Eating Habits

2.3.1. Nutritional Assessment of Food Consumption

2.4. Interdisciplinary Team and Therapeutic Circuits
2.5. Calculation of Energy Intake
2.6. Calculation of Recommended Macro- and Micronutrient Intakes
2.7. Quantity and Frequency of Food Consumption Recommendations

2.7.1. Dietary Patterns
2.7.2. Planning
2.7.3. Distribution of Daily Feedings

2.8. Diet Planning Models

2.8.1. Weekly Menus
2.8.2. Daily Intake
2.8.3. Methodology by Food Exchanges

2.9. Hospital Nutrition

2.9.1. Dietary Models
2.9.2. Decision Algorithms

2.10. Educational

2.10.1. Psychological Aspects
2.10.2. Maintenance of Feeding Habits
2.10.3. Discharge Recommendations

Module 3. Nutrition in Overweight, Obesity and their Comorbidities

3.1. Pathophysiology of Obesity

3.1.1. Precision Diagnosis
3.1.2. Analysis of Underlying Causes

3.2. Phenotypic Diagnosis

3.2.1. Body Composition and Calorimetry and Impact on Personalized Treatment

3.3. Treatment Target and Hypocaloric Diet Models
3.4. Prescription of Physical Exercise in Overweight and Obesity
3.5. Psychology Associated with Slimming Nutrition: Psychonutrition
3.6. Comorbidities Associated with Obesity

3.6.1. Nutritional Management in Metabolic Syndrome
3.6.2. Insulin Resistance
3.6.3. Type 2 Diabetes and Diabesity

3.7. Cardiovascular Risk and Nutritional Adaptations in Hypertension, Dyslipidemias and Atherosclerosis
3.8. Digestive Pathologies Associated with Obesity and Dysbiosis
3.9. Pharmacological Treatment in Obesity and Drug-Nutrient Interactions and Adaptation of the Nutritional Plan
3.10. Bariatric and Endoscopic Surgery

3.10.1. Nutritional Adaptations

You are only 450 hours away from becoming a Postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in the Overweight and Obese Population and their Comorbidities in Diet Therapy. Shall we start it?”