CFI
Level 7
QN: 610/3940/8
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CFI Level 7 Extended Diploma in Sports Nutrition: IOPN Accredited
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CFI. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 395 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 7
Awarding Body
CFI
Syllabus Units
6 Units
Guided Hours
395 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Advanced Sports Nutrition
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principal training-induced adaptations resulting from endurance and resistance exercise and how to implement nutritional strategies to augment these changes.2.
- Understand the main components and functional mechanisms of the immune system and common illnesses and allergies experienced by athletes.3.
- Understand research and applied methods for measuring body composition, as well as behavioural and dietary strategies for safely manipulating body composition.4.
- Understand the nutritional considerations for different age groups, gender, specific sports, and situations, as well as implementing behavioural change techniques.
- Be able to implement the COM-B model of behaviour change and techniques that enable an athlete to gradually lose body fat and weight safely for an Olympic weight-lifting competition.
2
Case Study Final Project
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Conduct an in-depth, longitudinal analysis and intervention plan of a real-world case subject that aims to support their health and performance.
3
Digestion and Intestinal Absorption & Macronutrients
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the nutrient digestion and absorption kinetics during rest and exercise, the nutrition and exercise stimuli influencing gastric emptying, and the kind of nutritional strategies that reduce exercise-induced gastrointestinal symptoms.2 Understand the regulation and metabolism of carbohydrates during exercise and the impact of exogenous carbohydrate intake and availability on exercise performance.3.
- Understand lipid structure, function, regulation, and metabolism at rest and during exercise.4.
- Understand the regulation of protein metabolism during exercise and the role of muscle protein turnover in facilitating adaptations to resistance and endurance exercise.5.
- Be able to determine the energetic and metabolic demands of an endurance athlete’s training/competition, as well as likely fatigue processes, and propose nutritional strategies that prepare and maintain the health and performance of the athlete during an endurance event.
4
Human Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the role, function, composition, requirements, and assessment of nutrients and non-nutrients in the exercising individual.2 Understand the principles of healthful and sustainable eating and the metabolic and physiological impact of nutrient excess and/or deficiency.3.
- Understand the anatomy and function of skeletal muscle in relation to exercise.4.
- Understand how to interpret key measurements in exercise biochemistry, metabolism, and physiology.5.
- Understand the regulatory pathways that facilitate ATP resynthesis during various types of exercise.6.
- Understand the potential causal mechanisms of central and peripheral fatigue during exercise.7.
- Understand the contribution of each component of energy expenditure in the exercising individual.8.
- Be able to appraise an athlete’s information following a nutritional assessment and propose nutritional recommendations that support the athlete’s health and performance objectives.
5
Micronutrients and Supplementation
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand thermoregulation and fluid balance in the exercising individual, as well as hydration requirements and composition for optimal fluid replenishment before, during and after exercise.2.
- Understand the function, role, requirements, and assessment of micronutrients in relation to metabolism, health, and exercise.3.
- Understand what sports foods, nutrient-based supplements, and ergogenic aids have efficacy, in what scenarios, and how to critically appraise dietary supplementation research.4.
- Understand the regulatory processes of exercise metabolism.
- Be able to monitor and assess the hydration status of athletes within a team and quantify their sweat rates and subsequent fluid requirements. Furthermore, discern the efficacy of certain dietary supplements
- implement a supplement strategy in practice, and educate and safeguard athletes from violating anti-doping rules.
6
Research Methods for Evidence-Based Practitioners
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Key Learning Objectives:
- Formulate research-focused questions in various domains of sports nutrition, acquire scientific and grey literature, and critically appraise their quality in the context of validity and practical relevance.2.
- Perform and interpret standard statistical methods in sports nutrition
- produce their own research review, and collate relevant research specific to their research question.3. Synthesise research
- identify and integrate key findings, theories, methodologies, and research gaps. Critically appraise the methodological rigour, statistical analysis, and validity/practical relevance of included study results.4.
- Summarise the scientific and practical aspects of their research project
- evaluate current evidence, identifying both practical implications and research gaps. Appraise chosen assessments in terms of cost, validity, and reliability.
- Outline the ethical measures to protect the subject’s privacy and mitigate risks. Highlight the projects relevance and potential impact on research and practice
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/3940/8
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- CFI
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Mar 2024