Immerse yourself in the study of this postgraduate certificate educational progam and improve your skills in nutritional counseling for athletes"

This program seeks to educate the medical professional in the nutritional assessment and follow-up of the athlete with special needs, all adapted to the different sports disciplines in order to obtain maximum sports performance. The aim is to provide comprehensive Postgraduate Diploma that covers different situations that we can find in an athlete, with a high scientific-technical quality and a very high practical component that stands out from the rest of the available degrees. 

As it is an online postgraduate certificate, the student is not constrained by fixed schedules or the need to move to another physical location, but rather, they can access the contents at any time of the day, allowing them to balance their professional or personal life with their academic life as they please. 

Optimal nutritional status is not achieved by the pre-workout meal alone, so it is essential to educate the athlete and show him or her what to do well on a daily basis. In fact, many athletes believe that nutrition is only important on the day of competition, and these errors make it vital to monitor the athlete throughout the season, where it is considered essential to know the basal values to know what their starting point is, which helps to plan the different phases of the season and thus enhance their performance. 

The postgraduate certificate, elaborated with the latest educational technology, has multimedia content that helps to acquire advanced knowledge in the nutritional assessment of the athlete. This specialization will allow the student a situated and contextual learning within a simulated environment that provides a specialization focused on solving real problems. 

Learn the most suitable diets for each type of athlete and you will be able to give more personalized advice"

This postgraduate certificate in Nutritional Assessment in Athletes contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features of the include:

• The graphic, schematic and practical contents of the course are designed to provide all the essential information required for professional practice
• Exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system, designed for decision making for patients with nutritional challenges
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

This postgraduate certificate is the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher program for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge
in sports nutrition, you will obtain a program for: TECH Technological University"

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists
from leading societies and prestigious universities.

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment
that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

This postgraduate certificate allows training in simulated environments, which provide immersive learning programmed to train for real situations"

This 100% online postgraduate certificate will allow you to balance your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

The main objective of the program is the development of theoretical and practical learning, so that the medical professional can master in a practical and rigorous way the study of sports nutrition in special populations. 

This refresher program will generate a sense of security in the performance of your daily practice, which will help you grow personally and professionally" 

General Objectives

• Handle advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional and non-professional athletes for the healthy performance of physical exercise
• Manage advanced knowledge on nutritional planning in professional athletes of various fields in order to achieve maximum sports performance
• Learn advanced knowledge about nutritional planning in professional athletes from team sports to achieve the highest sports performance
• Manage and consolidate the initiative and entrepreneurial spirit to implement projects related to nutrition in physical activity and sport
• Know how to incorporate the different scientific advances into one' s own professional field
• Working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Understand the context in which the area of their specialty is developed
• Manage advanced skills in the detection of possible signs of nutritional changes associated with sports activities
• Manage the necessary skills through the teaching-learning process that will allow them to continue training and learning in the field of Sports Nutrition both through the contacts established with professors and professionals of this specialization as as well as in an autonomous way
• Specialize in the structure of muscle tissue and its role in sports
• Know the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in different pathophysiological situations
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of athletes in the different situations specific to age and gender
• Become a specialist in the dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of injured athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of child athletes
• Specialize in the energetic and nutritional needs of Paralympic athletes

Specific Objectives

• Analysis of biochemistry to detect nutritional deficits or signs of over-training
• Interpretation of the different types of body composition in order to optimize the appropriate weight and fat percentage for the sport being practiced
• Monitoring of the athlete throughout the season
• Planning of seasonal schedules according to individual requirements

Our goal is to achieve academic excellence and to help you achieve it too"