What you will learn about

This course is designed to inform health professionals of the impacts of menopause to better support peri and post menopausal women improve health and manage symptoms.

  • The symptoms and impacts of menopause

  • How menopause impacts health post menopause - heart health, bone health & mental health

  • The changes to body weight and shape around menopause

  • The impact of menopause on mood and sleep how diet may help

  • The importance of hydration and bladder issues around menopause

  • How menopause impacts hair and skin

  • The use of herbal remedies, supplements and diets

  • Useful links and resources

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Eating Well for Menopause for Health Care Professionals

  • 2

    Menopause - a short summary

    • A short summary of menopause

    • Symptoms and challenges of menopause

  • 3

    Hot Flushes & Phytoestrogens

    • Hot flushes & Phytoestrogens

    • Tips to eat more soya

    • A phytoestrogen rich snack

  • 4

    Weight, Shape, Hearts & Bones

    • Weight & Shape

    • Heart Disease Risk & Menopause

    • Cholesterol & Blood Pressure in Menopause

    • Bone Health

    • Recipe time to support bone health

  • 5

    Healthy Mind, Gut &......Pelvic Floors

    • Menopause & Mood

    • Mediterranean diet and mood

    • Menopause and sleep

    • Hydration & Bladder Health

    • Example Bladder diary

    • Giggling about incontinence with Elaine Miller

  • 6

    Beauty & Myths

    • Menopause hair and skin and eyes

    • Diets and nutritional supplements

    • Herbal remedies

    • Common herbal remedies claiming to improve menopausal symptoms

  • 7

    Summary

    • Summary Infographic to download

    • Before you go, did the course meet your learning objectives?

    • Resources and further reading - references and links

    • More on Menopause from us....

Course reviews

5 star rating

Brilliant Course for Professionals

Lucy Webb

Would definitely recommend this course to other professionals. I loved the breakdown of the courses and how easy it was to work through the sections. It was ...

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Would definitely recommend this course to other professionals. I loved the breakdown of the courses and how easy it was to work through the sections. It was very informative and I feel like I have increased my confidence in working with menopausal women now

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Great CPD opportunity

Caroline Vincent

Menopause awareness is on the rise and this is a great CPD opportunity to meet that demand; with resources and delivered at a pace that allows you to take th...

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Menopause awareness is on the rise and this is a great CPD opportunity to meet that demand; with resources and delivered at a pace that allows you to take thorough notes. Provided a broad spectrum of information. Many thanks.

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5 star rating

Excellent

Lisa Tarquini

The content was super informative and visuals were an excellent way to illustrate the science

The content was super informative and visuals were an excellent way to illustrate the science

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Eating Well for Meno

Elaine Luck

I thought this course was very clear and well laid out. It had great information which could really help health professionals give sensible and useful inform...

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I thought this course was very clear and well laid out. It had great information which could really help health professionals give sensible and useful information to clients that could be easily absorbed into a healthy way of eating. My only point would be that I would have liked it to touch on the negative side of some current UK diet trends (it did touch on vegan and keto, thank you for that) with those 'foods' that can cause disruption to the body e.g. processed foods, high refined sugar, effects of caffeine etc and to know how much of an effect these areas have of meno. Thank you though for the course, I did really enjoy it and think it will be useful to many people.

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Testimonials

AfN CPD Assessor's Comments

AfN Assessor

...this training will benefit registrants in supporting women as they pass through the various stages of menopause. It is beneficial that you include peri-menopause and post-menopause, as many only focus on during the menopause and not the pre or post stages...

AfN CPD Assessment

AfN Assessor

...this training will benefit registrants in supporting women as they pass through the various stages of menopause. It is beneficial that you include peri-menopause and post-menopause, as many only focus on during the menopause and not the pre or post stages...

Meet Lynn and Laura

Registered Nutritionists to guide you through the course

Registered Nutritionist

Laura Wyness

Laura is an award winning Registered Nutritionist who specialises in nutrition writing, workplace wellness and nutrition communications. Laura studied for her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Aberdeen. Now with over 15-years’ experience working in food innovation and academic research she loves reviewing the scientific evidence and translating it into clear messages. Her freelance work includes providing nutrition content, workplace wellness support and online nutrition consultations for individuals. She also enjoys testing out new recipes!

Registered Nutritionist

Lynn Burns

Lynn is a registered nutritionist with many years experience in public health nutrition and recipe analysis. Having gained many years experience working in various nutrition positions within the UK civil service, she is now free lance writing, delivering courses and developing recipes. She has a passion for making eating well accessible to all regardless of the stage of life, health and fitness. A former Trustee of the Caroline Walker Trust, Lynn is very involved in charitable organisations and is currently a scout leader with a great deal of experience working with young people.

Soya & Phytoestrogens

What, Why and How Much?

Help to explain the benefits of soya and phytoestrogens to your clients with recipes to demonstrate how to add a serving or two into their daily menu.
Need help to give suggestions on how to eat more soya?

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