Health & Fitness
Taking exercise, not drinking too much alcohol, eating enough fruit and vegetables and not smoking can add up to 14 years to your life [1]. If you want to improve your health and fitness - and work on your reading, writing and number skills at the same time – this course is a perfect place to start.
Health & Fitness is packed full of practical advice on how to enjoy a healthier life.
The course explores the dangers of smoking, alcohol and drugs and shows you how to put together a healthy eating plan. And whilst you learn more about healthy living, you’ll have chance to practise new word and number skills that will really help you in your everyday life. You’ll be shown how to read and understand graphs and tables, how to make sense of food labels and how to work out a calorie chart to help you lose weight.
[1] University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council, survey 1993-2006.
What will you learn?
When you have finished the course, you will find it easier to:
- Read in detail a range of different texts
- Read and understand graphs/charts/tables/labels
- Know abbreviations used on food labels
- Know abbreviations relating to drugs and sex
- Use alphabetical order to find information
- Calculate pulse rate, calories and costs
- Know how to write letters correctly
What should you already know?
The staff at your local learndirect centre will assess your skills. Once they have assessed your skills, they will help you to decide if this is the right course for you.
Course level
| Beginner |
| Beginner plus |
| Intermediate |
| Advanced |
How long does it take?
Mid-length Course - our mid-length courses take 10 - 40 hours to complete. You can work through this course at your own pace.
What's involved?
Online - This is a course where you learn while connected to the Internet
Course Code: 100212BS003
