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Discovery Learning is proud to announce the launch of the Nation's first REPs Level 4 Certificate in Obesity Management. This Level 4 REPs course will provide you with the credentials to register as a REP's level 4 Fitness Professional - Currently the highest in the UK. This Level 4 Obesity Management Qualification was developed in conjunction with Weight Management Centre who is on the Department of Health List of Obesity Trainers www.domuk.org as complied by DOM (Dieticians in Obesity Management) and has recently been appointed to the Dept of Health Framework of Childhood Obesity Providers. We are also responsible for direct delivery of obesity services on behalf of a number of Primary Care Trusts for both Children and Adults. In this way we can keep abreast of the practical and logistical aspects of delivering obesity services. By way of example: www.fitfans.co.uk
The Level 4 Obesity Management Qualification will be awarded as an Industry Award through Skills Active and will then progress onto the National Qualifications Framework in conjuction with an appropriate Awarding Body.
REPs Level 4 Obesity Management Course Eligibility:
- Related ≥ level 3 Qualification:
- Level 3 Nutrition & Weight Management or level 3 and above nutrition
- Level 3 Advanced instructor, GP (exercise) Referral Qualification or Physiotherapist
- Level 3 or above Psychology, Social or Behavioural Sciences
- Practicing Specialist Clinician such as Obesity Nurse or Dietitian
Level 4 Obesity Management Course Structure
Our REPs Level 4 Obesity Management Qualification is a blended learning course, meaning that you do approximately 12 weeks homestudy followed by 2 x 2 day tutorial workshops spread over 4 weeks followed by a half day assessment.
Level 4 Obesity Management Course Content
- An overview of the obesity pandemic: Prevalence of Obesity, Causes of Obesity, Unhealthy Foods and Pathogenesis of Obesity and Disease, Impact of Early Life and Growth Patterns, Economic consequences of an obese population
- Obesity & Disease: The Impact of Obesity – Mortality, The Impact of Obesity – Morbidity, Benefits of losing weight, Diabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome, Disordered Eating, Pharmacotherapy for Obesity, Bariatric surgery, Two Models of Obesity: The Medical Model, The Public Health Model, The Obesogenic Environment, Economic Drivers of Food and Drink Consumption, Local Government, Policy and Planning
- Weight Gain - an Explanation: Set Point Theory, Diets Don’t Work, The Obesity Cycle of Self Perpetuation, Sleep and Obesity, The Palaeolithic diet, Genetic Susceptibility to Weight Gain, Thrifty Genotype, Epigenetics & the Phenotype, The Role of Fat, Fat Equals Energy, Fat Storage and Utilisation, Other Forms of Energy Utilisation, Adipocyte Biology, Fat Deposition & Distribution, Basic concepts of human energetics, Energy – Intake & Expenditure, Regulating Energy Expenditure, Control of Food Intake, Chemical Signals and Neuro-transmitters in Energy Regulation, Integrated Models of Food Control,
- Some practical aspects of weight management: Food Cravings and Addictions – Are they Real? Why Do We Eat When We Are Not Hungry? Determinants of Food Choice, Some psychological messages for your client, Strategies for Curbing Emotional Eating, A Review of Dietary Regimes for Weight Loss, High Protein Diets (Low Carb Diets), Weight Maintenance
- Exercise for Obese or Diabetic Clients: Introduction to Exercise Obesity and Diabetes, ACSM on Appropriate Levels of PA for Weight Loss & Preventing Regain, Barriers to Physical Activity, The Basics of Providing a Physical Activity Plan, A Walking Programme, Exercise and Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Exercise and Obesity, Exercise Regime for pre and post Bariatric Surgery
- Human Behaviour, Changing Habits: Theories of Behaviour Change, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, The Performance Equation, Strategies for Changing Behaviour, Social Marketing a practical explanation
- Setting up a Weight Management Intervention: NICE Clinical Recommendations – Summary for Practitioners, Client Assessment, Risk Stratification and Screening, General Guidance of the Assessment of Clients, Body measurements and Calculations, NHS Exercise Referral: A National Quality Assurance Framework, Health and Safety, Guidance on Efficacy of Self Help Weight Management, Overview of Programme Approach, Course Structure & Suggested Components, Creating a Daily Calorie Deficit, Planning & Time Management, Administration and Record Keeping, Promotion and Evaluation of the Service
This course provides Register of Exercise Professionals’ Level 4 Status and 20 CPD point
Level 4 Obesity Qualification is in association with Weight Management Centre www.wmc.uk.com
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