Health & Social Care

Nutrition for Improved Performance in Sport

Short course
Duration
5 hours
Study mode
Face-to-Face Lectures
Short or CPD course, no qualification level

About this course

A practical based workshop organised by Uniplural Academy in collaboration with Center for Sport Excellence.

In this workshop you will gain knowledge on the basic principles of nutrition, a basic introduction to the human body compositions & its biomechanics, and an introduction to nutrition in relation to optimal performance.

Course details

Fees and Funding

TO BE ANNOUNCED

Learning Outcomes

TBA

Course Intended For

This practical workshop is ideal for sportspeople, athletes, coaches, parents of children in sports & anyone interested in nutrition.

Meet the Speaker

Meet the Speaker for the ‘Nutrition for Improved Performance in Sports’ workshop.

Claudine Grech Spiteri is an Exercise and Nutrition Scientist.

Grech Spiteri also studied for an MSc in Exercise and Nutrition Science at the University of Chester, with the Faculty of Medicine and Clinical Sciences in the United Kingdom from 2016 till 2017, and she was certified as an EU Registered Nutritionist in 2018.

She is also a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences department at the University of Malta where her research focuses on nutritive strategies for the prevention of colorectal cancer.

Her line of work involves evaluating athletes’ behaviours, actions, and reactions to help them perform better both during and after training sessions, contests, and competitive games. Additionally, she provides support and guidance to the coaches to reach their goals for their athletes.

Her profession consists of analysing the athlete’s behaviour, actions and reactions for better performance during and after training sessions and competitions/ competitive games. She does this by analysing through physics principles of body movement and gravity, body chemical reactions and processes during and after exercise and body physiology.

Her clients vary from football teams, water polo teams, ironman (triathlon) athletes and ultra-athletes, dancers, cyclists and swimmers, and clients with medical conditions or other health issues. Ms. Spiteri also lectures personal trainers with regards to nutrition in relation to fitness and performance, and exercise prescription.

Intakes

Upcoming intake dates for this course are currently being scheduled. Register your interest and we’ll send you the full programme information and priority notice as soon as the next intake opens.

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Note: New intake dates for this programme are currently being scheduled (new student enrolments are temporarily paused during a periodic review). Register your interest above to be placed on the priority list for the next intake.

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