Health & Wellbeing

Course Code	VRE102
Fee Code	S1
Number of Assignments	8
Duration (approx)	100 hours

Health and Fitness are simply some of many the different words used to describe people being in good condition. There are many different services and products on offer which promise to improve or maintain a state of wellbeing, and any (or all) of these goods and services might be considered to be part of the health and fitness industry. These can include things as variable as medical services through to fitness, sport, recreation and food. There are three aspects to health:

• Emotional or Mental health  (Healthy thoughts & attitudes)
• Structural Health   (The health of the body is structurally sound ‑the bones, muscles, organs etc. are physically in good condition ‑not damaged ‑performing the functions they should perform)
• Chemical Health   (The chemicals in our body are correct ‑there are no toxic chemicals   ‑the tissues are made up of the appropriate balance of nutrients etc.).

This course builds on that simple concept.

COURSE STRUCTURE

There are eight lessons in this course, as follows:

1.         Industry Overview

2.         Modern Lifestyle Problems

3.         Human Nutrition

4.         Healthy Eating

5.         Stress Management

6.         Preventative Health

7.         Alternative Medicine

8.         Basic First Aid

Aims:

This course aims to develop an understanding of health and wellbeing that can be applied to design a personal fitness program. Below is a list of some activities and tasks that you will complete in this course:

• Create a resource file of health and fitness related businesses, contacts, services etc.
• Interview people to learn how they rate their health and fitness and what they do to improve/maintain them.
• Identify ways to overcome a health/fitness problem in your own life.
• Identify different food allergies and ways to deal with them.
• Identify eating and nutritional disorders and describe possible treatments.
• Explain how age, level of activity, gender and other factors affect their dietary needs.
• Explain the principle of food combining.
• List the effects of alcohol abuse.
• Explain how high self esteem is achieved, and consider positive and negative effects.
• Identify services in your area that offer natural therapies and what they entail.
• Find out what first aid courses are available in your region, and what is entailed.
• List items that should be kept in a basic first aid kit.

 This comprehensive foundation course develops an understanding of the nature and scope of human health and wellbeing, and of the health and fitness industry looking at subjects such as nutrition, lifestyle, preventative health, and alternative medicine.

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