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 program has been designed to help nurses update their knowledge of sports nutrition in special populations, so that they can advise and help both amateur and professional athletes to improve their performance and physical condition.

Athletes competing in Aquatic Sports face the constant challenge of arduous training and competition schedules in difficult and changing environmental conditions. Therefore, the nursing professional must be up to date with the latest techniques and innovations in nutrition in aquatic sports, in order to use a treatment that is effective, according to the needs of the physical activity performed.

Within this program we can find a teaching staff of the highest level, made up of professionals closely related to Sports Nutrition, outstanding in their field and who lead lines of research and field work, as well as recognized specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

As it is an online postgraduate diploma, 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 this comprehensive postgraduate diploma and improve your skills in nutritional counseling for athletes"

This postgraduate diploma in Nutrition in Aquatic Sports for Nursing 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 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

Learn the most suitable diets for each type of athlete and you will be able to give more personalized advice”

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.

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 course. The professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in sports nutrition.  

This postgraduate diploma offers training in simulated environments, which provides an immersive learning experience designed to train for real-life situations"

This 100% online postgraduate diploma will allow you to balance 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 nursing 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

• Manage 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 different disciplines to achieve maximum sports performance
• Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of team disciplines to achieve maximum sports performance 
• Manage and consolidate the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit to implement projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances to 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 to detect possible signs of nutritional alteration associated with sports practice
• 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 energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
• Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of athletes in different age and gender specific situations
• Specialize in dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of the injured athlete
• Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of children athletes
• Specialize in the energy and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Watersports 

• Deepen understanding of the most important characteristics of the principal watersports
• Understand the demands and requirements associated with sports activities in aquatic environments
• Distinguish between the nutritional needs of different watersports

Module 2. Sports by Weight Category

• Establish the different characteristics and needs within sports by weight category
• Understand in depth the different nutritional strategies for preparing the athlete for competition
• Optimize the improvement of body composition through nutritional approach

Module 3. Different Stages or Specific Population Groups

• Explain the specific physiological characteristics to be taken into account in the nutritional approach of different groups
• Understand in depth the external and internal factors that influence the nutritional approach to these groups

Make the most of the opportunity and take the step to get up to date on the latest developments in Diabetes"