Why is nutrition important?
A healthy, well-balanced diet is important in reducing the risk of health issues associated with over-nutrition, malnutrition and dehydration. However, the NHS estimates that obesity affects around 1 in 4 adults in the UK. They suggest obesity can lead to serious and potentially life-threatening health conditions such as, type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, certain cancers and stroke.
We regularly deliver courses across the UK, including London, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Essex and Cambridge.
How can we help you team?
Percipio Training offer accredited nutrition training that provides valuable knowledge to caterers in how plan and prepare nutritious meals, snack and drinks. Our courses are suitable for chefs and anyone else preparing food in restaurants, schools, care homes and hospitals.
We can help chefs identify healthy ingredients and suitable cooking techniques that reduce unsaturated fat, salt and sugar in food and prevent degradation of important micronutrients in foods. Chefs will also learn how to adapt menus to special diets due to cultural, medical and ethical reasons.
Our courses cover the following key topics:
- UK government guidance on health eating
- How diet and lifestyle impact physical health and mental wellbeing
- Understanding nutritional and allergen labelling on prepacked foods
- Energy intake and balance
- Recommended Dietary Reference Values
- Macronutrients (Protein, Carbohydrates and Fats)
- Micronutrients (Vitamins and Minerals)
- Hydration and dehydration
- Nutrition during different stages in life
- Food hypersensitivities (food allergy, food intolerance and coeliac disease)
- Culture and ethical food choices
- Menu planning
Contact us now to find out more about we can you and/or your team.
