E-learning to support Children and Young People’s growth and nutritional health 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services
• Primary care 
   

This session provides information to healthcare professionals about the importance of the relationship between mother and baby during pregnancy and following birth, as well as information around breast and bottle feeding. 

Available via: Infant Feeding (IFE) > Infant Feeding > 01_01 Infant Feeding 

This module takes about 30 minutes to complete 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• Any professionals whose role involve growth measurements 
• HCP 07 - 08 for 0-19 staff  
• Complications of excess weight (CEW) for GPs 
   

Healthy Child Programme (HCP) – Module 8, 07-09

• 08_07 - Weighing and Measuring Infants and Children: Introduction to the techniques of accurate growth measurement and monitoring required for delivery of the Healthy Child Programme. 
• 08_08 - Growth Charts and their Interpretation: This session is an introduction to growth charts and includes information on how to plot measurements and when to become concerned about a child’s growth.  
• 08_09 - Faltering Growth*: This session will familiarise you with the various ways a child may present with growth faltering. It will demonstrate how to evaluate and manage the situation yourself and when to refer on for more specialist input. 

*Note: please refer to organisational policy for Tower Hamlets specific referral routes to SLT or the dietetic team. 

Available via: Healthy Child Programme (HCP) - HCP 08 - Growth and Nutrition 

Each module takes about 30 minutes to complete on E-learning for healthcare. 

Complications of excess weight (CEW) in children and young people: Understanding different levels of overweight in children and young people

This session introduces assessment methods including anthropometric measurements that are used to assess and monitor presentation of excess weight in children and young people.

Available via: Resource (learninghub.nhs.uk)

Weighing and measuring (internal staff only)

The GPCG Child Healthy Weight team also provides face-face training on weighing and measuring for internal staff. For more information please contact: Zikra Khan or Toni Russell (zikra.khan2@nhs.net / toni.russell3@nhs.net) 

This training is suitable for the following professional group(s):

• Health visiting  
   

This learning resource developed by Nottingham University and endorsed by the Institute of Health Visiting will help you understand why early identification of the risk of childhood overweight is important. It will introduce you to the Infant Risk of Overweight Checklist (IROC) and provide some practical examples to improve your knowledge about identifying specific risk factors. 

Available via: GRO BabyGRO Training  

This module takes about 30 minutes to complete

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services
• Primary care  

08_10 - Common Nutritional Problems in Pre-schoolers: This session explores the symptoms, causes, diagnosis and management of a number of frequently encountered nutrition-related conditions like constipation, food allergy, gastro-oesophageal reflux, iron, vitamin D.  

Available via: Healthy Child Programme (HCP) - HCP 08 - Growth and Nutrition 

This module takes about 40 minutes to complete on E-learning for healthcare. 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services 
• Primary care
• Community pediatric nurses  
   

08_12 Feeding Children with Development Difficulties: This session explores the difficulty children with neurological disabilities commonly encounter with feeding, together with associated problems that can result in growth failure and malnutrition-related multi-system complications. It covers assessment and management, which often involves a range of professionals including a dietitian, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist and paediatrician. 

Available via: Healthy Child Programme (HCP) - HCP 08 - Growth and Nutrition 

This module takes about 30 minutes to complete on E-learning for healthcare. 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services 
• Primary care
   

08_06 Healthy Eating for Toddlers and Young Children aged 1- 4 years: This session describes ways of identifying what constitutes healthy eating to satisfy unique toddler requirements. In addition, the session also examines toddler behaviours such as fussy eating and food neophobia and the impact these behaviours can have on nutritional intake. 

Available via: Healthy Child Programme (HCP) - HCP 08 - Growth and Nutrition 

This module takes about 30 minutes to complete on E-learning for healthcare. 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services 
• Primary care
   

08_13 Obese Toddlers and Infants: This session will support you will understand the usual causes of obesity in very young children, and it is hoped you will take away a range of strategies for helping families where obesity is a problem. 

Healthy Child Programme (HCP) - HCP 08 - Growth and Nutrition 

This module takes about 45 minutes to complete on E-learning for healthcare. 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services 
• Primary care
   

This course is split into 9 modules: 

• 12_001 Body shape and body image in adolescence – explores the normal variations and trends in body shape during adolescence and the factors that commonly influence it, including genetic, ethnic and lifestyle factors. 
• 12_002 Nutritional requirements in adolescence – describes nutritional requirements during adolescence, typical eating patterns which could lead to nutritional deficiencies, common dieting strategies used, and the additional nutritional needs arising with pregnancy. 
• 12_003 Development of normal eating behaviour – describes patterns of eating behaviour in adolescence and the factors that influence these patterns. 
• 12_004 Obesity in young people – describes recent trends, causes and sequelae of obesity in adolescence and assesses treatment options, including common dieting and exercise approaches. 
• 12_006 Medical assessment and management of obesity – describes the key elements in the medical assessment and management of adolescent obesity and its relation to type 2 diabetes. It will also cover the identification of pathological causes of obesity. 
• 12_010 Multidisciplinary management of adolescent obesity – focuses on management of obesity at an individual level. It describes the multi-disciplinary treatment of obesity in adolescents outlining current guidelines for best practice and relevant public policy documents. 
   

Adolescent Health Programme (AH) - AH 12 - Overweight and underweight 

Each module takes about 30 minutes to complete on E-learning for healthcare. 

This training is suitable for the following professional group(s):

• School nursing team 
   

These e-learning tools have been developed by University of Bath to support practitioners working with families around child healthy weight, and how to introduce their ‘Talking to your child about weight’ resource.  

E-learning available via: Home - Using the resource ‘Talking to your child about weight’ (bath.ac.uk)

This training takes about 30 minutes to complete. 

This training is suitable for the following professional group(s):

• MDT Clinicians 
   

This is a foundation eLearning course for multi professionals working with children and young people (CYP) living with obesity, and their families. 

The purpose of the eLearning programme is to: 

• support MDT clinicians to deliver evidence-based, quality care to CYP with severe obesity by developing their understanding of identifying and treating conditions related to excess weight 
• standardise training opportunities across the country and improve retention by making this a more attractive space to work in 
• facilitate knowledge transfer between MDT members. 
• The course consists of five modules which look at and explore: 
• Introduction to identification of complications associated with excessive weight in children and young people (CYP) 
• An introduction to understanding different levels of overweight in children and young people living with complications associated with excess weight 
• Connection between severe obesity and mental health 
• Interventions for Childhood Weight Management 
• Prevalence of childhood obesity, influence of social factors including poverty and appropriate safeguarding 
   

Available via: Complications of excess weight (CEW) in children and young people - elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)

Each module takes about 30 minutes to complete on E-learning for healthcare.