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During sports practice, different problems arise that have their origin or solution in nutrition and/or sports supplementation. This postgraduate certificate will teach the different strategies to solve and anticipate problems that may arise during a competition or a training session. In addition, the student will learn how to solve any doubts that may arise when dealing with an athlete, as well as how to teach them in the best possible way the basic aspects of Sports Nutrition.

This postgraduate certificate addresses the physiological and biochemical aspects necessary to understand how diabetes affects both daily life and exercise, and the possible problems that can occur. 

As it is an online postgraduate certificate, the student is not conditioned by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but can access the contents at any time of the day, balancing their work or personal life with their academic life.

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

This postgraduate certificate in Nutrition in the Type 1 Diabetic Athlete 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 of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice
• Exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system, designed for decision making for patients with nutritional challenges
• 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

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. 

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

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 Objective

• 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 their area of expertise is being 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 teachers 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 energy and nutritional needs of children athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

• Establish the physiological and biochemical mechanism of diabetes both at rest and during exercise
• Delve in the understanding of how the different insulins or medications used by diabetics work
• Assess the nutritional requirements for people with diabetes both in their daily life and in exercise, to improve their health
• Delve in the knowledge necessary to plan nutrition for athletes of different disciplines with diabetes, in order to improve their health and performance
• Establish the current state of evidence on Performance Enhancing Drugs in diabetics

Make the most of this opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Nutrition in the Type 1 Diabetic Athlete”