IFDP Healthy Living Family Programme – International Institute for Adults Learning

About Course

The IFDP Healthy Living Family Programme helps families with children aged about 5 to 10 build healthy habits together: eating well, getting active, sleeping well, balancing screens and looking after feelings.

The programme focuses on habits, not weight or appearance. It encourages a positive relationship with food and bodies, celebrates your family’s own food traditions, and shows how small, realistic changes add up. Guidance is based on current NHS and UK Chief Medical Officers’ advice, with practical, low-cost ideas for real family life.

The course has seven modules and 28 lessons, with interactive practice activities and module quizzes that are not marked and never block your progress. It ends with one final assessment: 15 questions, 70% to pass, up to 3 attempts. Pass it to receive your IIFAL certificate.

Understand the NHS Eatwell Guide and build balanced family meals
Cut sugar in drinks and snacks, using current limits for children
Plan, shop and cook healthily on a budget, including family food traditions
Handle fussy eating and mealtimes without pressure or bribes
Support a positive body image
Help children get 60 minutes of activity a day, for free
Build a calm bedtime routine and a family screen plan
Support children's emotional wellbeing
Create a family healthy living plan that lasts

Course Content

Module 1: Getting Started
What healthy living means for your family, checking your habits, and setting small goals you can keep.

Lesson 1.1: Welcome to the Programme
Lesson 1.2: What Healthy Living Means for Your Family
Lesson 1.3: Setting Family Goals
Module 1 Practice Quiz

Module 2: Eating Well
The Eatwell Guide, a balanced plate with family favourites, drinks and sugar, snacks and lunchboxes.

Module 3: Food on a Budget and Food Traditions
Planning and shopping, reading labels, cooking with children, and celebrations and traditions.

Module 4: A Positive Relationship With Food
Fussy eating, food as reward, hunger and fullness, family mealtimes, and body image.

Module 5: Active Families
How much activity children need, active play, clubs and weekends, and less sitting.

Module 6: Sleep, Screens and Feelings
Sleep, bedtime routines, a family screen plan, and emotional wellbeing.

Module 7: Making It Stick
Routines, role models, working together, overcoming barriers, and your family plan.

Final Assessment
Course evaluation and the final assessment.

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Course Content

Module 1: Getting Started What healthy living means for your family, checking your habits, and setting small goals you can keep.

Lesson 1.1: Welcome to the Programme

Lesson 1.2: What Healthy Living Means for Your Family

Lesson 1.3: Setting Family Goals

Module 1 Practice Quiz

Module 2: Eating Well The Eatwell Guide, a balanced plate with family favourites, drinks and sugar, snacks and lunchboxes.

Lesson 2.1: What Growing Children Need

Lesson 2.3: Drinks and Sugar

Lesson 2.2: A Balanced Plate With Family Favourites

Lesson 2.4: Snacks and Lunchboxes

Module 2 Practice Quiz

Module 3: Food on a Budget and Food Traditions Planning and shopping, reading labels, cooking with children, and celebrations and traditions.

Lesson 3.1: Planning Meals and Shopping Smart

Lesson 3.2: Reading Food Labels

Lesson 3.4: Celebrations and Food Traditions

Module 3 Practice Quiz

Lesson 3.3: Cooking Together With Children

Module 4: A Positive Relationship With Food Fussy eating, food as reward, hunger and fullness, family mealtimes, and body image.

Lesson 4.1: Fussy Eating Without Pressure

Lesson 4.2: Food Is Not a Reward: Listening to Hunger and Fullness

Lesson 4.3: Enjoying Family Mealtimes

Lesson 4.4: Positive Body Image

Module 4 Practice Quiz

Module 5: Active Families How much activity children need, active play, clubs and weekends, and less sitting.

Lesson 5.1: How Much Activity Children Need

Lesson 5.2: Active Play at Home and Outdoors

Lesson 5.3: Clubs, Sports and Active Weekends

Lesson 5.4: Less Sitting and Staying Motivated

Module 5 Practice Quiz

Module 6: Sleep, Screens and Feelings Sleep, bedtime routines, a family screen plan, and emotional wellbeing.

Lesson 6.1: Why Sleep Matters

Lesson 6.3: A Family Screen Plan

Lesson 6.2: A Calm Bedtime Routine

Lesson 6.4: Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

Module 6 Practice Quiz

Module 7: Making It Stick Routines, role models, working together, overcoming barriers, and your family plan.

Lesson 7.1: Daily Routines That Help

Lesson 7.2: Parents as Role Models

Lesson 7.4: Reviewing Progress and Overcoming Barriers

Lesson 7.3: Working Together With Other Carers

Lesson 7.5: Your Family Healthy Living Plan

Module 7 Practice Quiz

Final Assessment Course evaluation and the final assessment.

Course Evaluation

Final Assessment: Healthy Living Family Programme

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