The prescription of appropriate diets for sick children will improve their state of health, thanks to the benefits of maintaining a balanced diet"

Higher education in Clinical Nutrition in Pediatrics is absolutely necessary in different professional areas (medicine, nursing, nutrition, pharmacy, physiotherapy, etc.) in order to meet the needs of children with pathologies and those who require a diet appropriate to their needs. In this case, TECH has designed this very complete program aimed specifically at nutritionists. To this end, the program has a large team of specialized experts who have joined forces to offer the latest information in this field, so that superior competence can be acquired.  

In pediatric pathology, nutrition intervenes as an etiological factor and as a complication of other diseases. Therefore, there is a growing interest in the study of food and nutrition in the genesis, treatment and support of a large number of pathologies in children as future healthy adults. Thus, specialization in nutrition is the essential response of the professional to the population' s healthcare and preventive needs in terms of food and health.  

This program offers the student the possibility of deepening and updating knowledge, using the latest educational technology. It offers a global vision of clinical nutrition while focusing on the most important and innovative aspects of feeding in the pediatric age, including from the intrauterine phase to adolescence, as well as the diseases in which feeding plays a highly relevant role. 

As it is an online Clinical Nutrition in Pediatrics for Nutritionists, the student is not bound by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, rather, they can access the content at any time of the day, balancing their professional or personal life with their academic life.

Only with proper education, will you know the best way to counsel your patients on nutritional issues"

This professional master’s degree in Clinical Nutrition in Pediatrics for Nutritionists contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• More than 75 clinical cases presented by experts in pediatric clinical nutrition
• The graphic, schematic and 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 assignments
• Content that is accessible from any device with an Internet connection

This professional master’s degree is the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Clinical Nutrition in Pediatrics for Nutritionists, you will obtain a degree from the largest online university in Spanish: TECH”

Its teaching staff includes professionals belonging to the field of nutrition, who contribute their work experience to this program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its 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 throughout the program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system developed by renowned and experienced experts in Clinical Nutrition in Pediatrics for Nutritionists. 

The professional master’s degree allows students to practice in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to prepare them for real situations"

This 100% online professional master’s degree 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 Nutrition professional can master the study of Clinical Nutrition in Pediatrics for Nutritionists in a practical and rigorous way.

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

• Update the Pediatrics's knowledge on new trends in human nutrition in both health and pathological situations through evidence-based medicine
• Promote work strategies based on the practical knowledge of the new trends in nutrition and its application to child pathologies, where nutrition plays a fundamental role in treatment
• Encourage the acquisition of technical skills and abilities, through a powerful audiovisual system, and the possibility of development through online simulation workshops and/or specific training
• Encourage professional stimulation through continuing education and research

Specific Objectives

Module 1. New Developments in Food 

• Review the basics of a balanced diet in the different stages of the life cycle, as well as in exercise 
• Manage food databases and composition tables 
• Review the chemical composition of foods, their physicochemical properties, their nutritional value, their bioavailability, their organoleptic characteristics and the modifications they undergo as a result of technological and culinary processes 
• Describe the composition and utilities of new foods 
• Explain basic aspects of food microbiology, parasitology, and toxicology related to food safety 
• Analyze the operation of milk banks 
• Explain the new developments and available evidence on probiotics and prebiotics in infant feeding 

Module 2. Current Trends in Nutrition 

• Review the new dietary guidelines, nutritional objectives, and recommended dietary allowances (RDA) 
• Explain the proper reading of new food labeling 
• Incorporate phytotherapy as a coadjuvant treatment in clinical practice 
• Identify and classify foods, food products, and food ingredients 
• Review current trends in premature infant nutrition 
• Explain the latest evidence on food allergies and intolerances 

Module 3. Clinical Nutrition and Hospital Dietetics 

• Assess and calculate nutritional requirements in health and disease at any stage of the life cycle 
• Analyze the different methods for assessing nutritional status 
• Interpret and integrate anthropometric, clinical, biochemical, hematological, immunological, and pharmacological data in the patient's nutritional assessment and dietary-nutritional treatment 
• Manage the different types of nutritional surveys to assess food intake 
• Evaluate and maintain adequate hygiene and food safety practices, applying current legislation 
• Evaluate and prescribe physical activity as a factor involved in nutritional status 

Module 4. Physiology of Infant Nutrition 

• Update the drug-nutrient interaction and its implication in the patient’s treatment
• Identify the relationship between nutrition and immune status 
• Define the fundamental of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics 
• Review the psychological bases and biopsychosocial factors that affect human eating behavior 
• Explain the relationship of physiology and nutrition in the different stages of infant development 
• Describe the main malabsorption syndromes and how they are treated 

Module 5. Artificial Nutrition in Pediatrics

• Perform nutritional assessment in pediatrics 
• Reflect on the role of human milk as a functional food 
• Describe new formulae used in infant feeding 
• Incorporate the different techniques and products of basic and advanced nutritional support related to pediatric nutrition into clinical practice 
• Evaluate and monitor the supervision of children on nutritional support 

Module 6. Infant Malnutrition. 

• Predict patients’ nutritional risk 
• Early detection and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative deviations from the nutritional balance due to excess or deficiency 
• Identify children at nutritional risk who are eligible for specific support 
• Identify children suffering from malnutrition 
• Describe the correct nutritional support for a malnourished child 
• Classify the different types of malnutrition and their impact on the developing organism 
• Identify the appropriate nutritional therapy for pediatric patients with chronic pulmonary pathology 

Module 7. Childhood Nutrition and Pathologies 

• Analyze the implications of nutrition in the growth process and in the prevention and treatment of different childhood pathologies 
• Explain current trends in the nutrition of infants with delayed intrauterine growth and the implication of nutrition on metabolic diseases 
• Reflect on the etiology, repercussions, and treatment of childhood obesity 
• Explain the nutritional treatment of the most common deficiency diseases in our environment 
• Define the role that fats play in children’s diets 
• Assess the psychological and physiological aspects involved in eating disorders in young children 
• Review the pathogenesis and update the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism 
• Identify exclusion foods in the diets of children with celiac disease 
• Identify dietary factors related to bone metabolism 
• Explain managing children with gastroesophageal reflux 
• Describe the main malabsorption syndromes and how they are treated 

Module 8. Childhood Nutrition and Pathologies 

• Identify the repercussion that a pregnant and lactating mother's nutrition has on the intrauterine growth and evolution of new-borns and infants 
• Describe the nutritional requirements in the different periods of childhood 
• Calculate child and adolescent athlete dietary needs and risks 
• Reflect on new trends and models in infant feeding 
• Reflect and identify risk factors in school and adolescent nutrition 
• Identify eating behavior disorders 
• Explain the treatment of dyslipidemias and the role that nutrition plays in their genesis and treatment 
• Manage diabetic children's diet 
• Assess the nutritional support of children with cancer in different situations 
• Reflect on the role of nutrition in autistic children 
• Review the rationale for dietary support of acute diarrhea 
• Describe the management of nutritional support in inflammatory diseases 
• Reflect on the relationship between constipation and infant nutrition 
• Define the dietary management of children with nephropathy 
• Review the dietary management of oral cavity pathologies in children 
• Explain the implications that nutrition can have in the treatment of liver diseases

Make the most of this opportunity to learn about the latest advances in this subject to apply it to your daily practice"