E-learning to support Children and Young People's Growth and Nutritional Health

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-5 wider community workforce
• 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 approximately 30 minutes to complete 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• Any professional whose role involves growth measurements 
• Healthy Child Programme (HCP) Module 8: 07 - 08 - for 0-19 services
• Complications of Excess Weight (CEW) - All 

• HCP Module 8 (Growth & Nutrition), Sub-modules: 07-09. 

Each module takes approximately 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 module takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. 

• Weighing and Measuring training (only available for GPCG staff, or on request)

The GPCG Child Healthy Weight team provide a half-day, face-to-face training on weighing and measuring. It is suitable for staff wishing to attend a refresher or for those who want to learn new skills and knowledge, including plotting for preterm infants. This training includes an introduction to UK-WHO growth charts and covers both theory and practical elements, such as accurately plotting and interpreting a child’s growth measurements, monitoring growth and when intervention is necessary. 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  
• 0-5 wider community workforce
   

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 approximately 30 minutes to complete.

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services
• Primary care

HCP Module 8, Sub-module 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 and vitamin D deficiencies.  

This module takes approximately 40 minutes to complete. 

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

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

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

HCP Module 8, Sub-module 11: 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 approximately 30 minutes to complete.

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-5 wider community workforce
• 0-19 services 
• Primary care

HCP Module 8, Sub-module 5: 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 approximately 30 minutes to complete.

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-5 wider community workforce
• 0-19 services
• Primary care
   

HCP Module 8, Sub-module 12: Obese Toddlers and Infants: This session will support you to understand the common causes of obesity in very young children, and equip you with a range of strategies for supporting families where obesity is a concern. 

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

This module takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. 

This training is suitable for the following professional groups:

• 0-19 services
• 0-25 wider community workforce
• Primary care
   

HCP Module 12, Sub-modules 1-4, 6 and 10.This course is split into 9 modules: 

• 12_01 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_02 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_03 Development of normal eating behaviour – describes patterns of eating behaviour in adolescence and the factors that influence these patterns.
• 12_04 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_06 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_10 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. 
   

Available via: Adolescent Health Programme (AH) - AH 12 - Overweight and underweight 

Each module takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.

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 utilise the ‘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 approximately 30 minutes to complete.  

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

• MDT Clinicians 

The purpose of the E-learning 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 
• Further information can be found here

The course consists of 5 modules which look at and explore:

• Introduction to identification of complications associated with excessive weight in children and young people
• Understanding different levels of overweight in in children and young people
• Connection between obesity and mental health
• Interventions for childhood weight management
• Prevalence of childhood obesity, risk factors, social determinants 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 approximately 30 minutes to complete.