Fitness and Wellness Course

Fitness and Wellness Course Details

Participants completing this course will receive 45 CEU'S / Staff Development hours.

Goals and Objectives:

• Conduct nutrient analysis and follow the recommendations for adequate nutrition
• Develop sound diet and weight control programs
• Assess the health-related components of fitness (cardio respiratory, endurance, muscular strength and endurance, muscular flexibility and body composition)
• Understand stress, lesson your vulnerability to stress, and implement a stress management program, if necessary
• Implement a cardiovascular disease risk-reduction program
• Follow guidelines to reduce your personal risk of developing cancer
• Discern between myths and facts of exercise and health-related concepts
• Learn behavior modification techniques to help you adhere to a lifetime fitness and wellness program.

All assignments and discussion forums for this class are online and all participants are expected to complete the assignments within the timeframe established by the instructor. The final project for this class is the completion of the UNH Cooperative Extension HEALthy Schools Wellness Assessment Tool.

Instructors:  Patricia A. Halpin Ph.D., UNH-Manchester and Colette Jansen-Sand Ph.D.,RD,LD, UNH-Durham.

This class runs from February 1 through April 12, 2009.

Registration will open in November.

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