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How does the course work, how much time does it take, what if you can’t keep up, and how long will you have access to the lessons? We’ve prepared brief answers to the most common questions prospective students have before starting and throughout their studies. For each topic, you’ll also find links to more detailed information.
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Once you gain access to the learning platform, you work through the individual lessons step by step, continuously check your knowledge with tests, and for selected topics complete assignments in the ZOF learning app. The specific process varies by course and by the chosen study format.
More: How the study works
No. Complete beginners without prior formal education in nutrition can enroll in our courses. The same courses are also taken by people who already have some knowledge or experience and want to develop it further.
More: What nutrition knowledge you need before studying
For most courses, plan on approximately 20–40 minutes of study per day. The exact time depends on the scope of the lesson and how you work with the material.
For the Nutrition and Supplementation Advisor course, students report on average about 30–40 minutes per day; for Nutrition in Sport, around 30 minutes per day. If a lesson also includes an assignment in the ZOF app, usually add another 20–30 minutes. For NutriChef, the theory and a practice test take about 20–30 minutes; practical work with recipes and meal plans then requires more time.
You don’t have to study every day. Once opened, lessons remain available and you can adapt their completion to your schedule.
More: Length and pace of study
You decide when to open each lesson and can return to any lesson later whenever your schedule allows.
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You don’t have to finish by the originally planned date at all costs. If you need more time, your study can be extended free of charge, even repeatedly.
More: When you need more time for your studies
After completing the course, you retain access to all lessons that were unlocked for you during your studies. You can likewise continue to return to the ZOF app and the history of the student advisory forum.
Tests provide ongoing verification of whether you have understood the material and can recall the key information. The conditions of individual tests vary by their type and the specific course.
More: Tests and knowledge checks during study
For selected lessons, yes. The assignments help translate the covered theory into concrete work with meal plans. After you successfully complete an assignment in the ZOF app, a model solution with commentary and follow-up study materials are also unlocked.
More: How we connect theory with practice
ZOF is a learning application in which you learn to create and evaluate meal plans. It lets you work with foods, nutrients, and other dietary parameters and put into practice the knowledge gained during your studies.
More: Working with meal plans in the ZOF app
Yes. During your studies, you can use the student advisory forum to consult topics you need to understand better. Depending on the course type, other options for contacting the instructor are also available.
More: Support during study
Yes, if you meet the study requirements of the given course. The certificate confirms that you have successfully completed the course and met all the required study requirements.
WYou will receive access to the course by email immediately after the course fee has been paid.
It mainly depends on what you want to learn and how you intend to use the knowledge you gain. One course is suitable for building a broader foundation in nutrition, another for sport, children, or a specific specialization.
More: Which course to choose?
Mgr. Martin Jelínek
Founder of NutriCourses, lecturer and author of an educational system in the field of nutrition. He has been systematically engaged in nutrition education since 1999. He is the author of the educational application ZOF and professional publications focused on nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
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Ing. Martin Škába
I am very grateful that I could learn from Martin Jelínek. Courses, lessons, and personal consultations help me in my professional development and thanks to that I can help more of my clients. The education has very wide range so graduate can focus on kid′s diet, adult′s diet, seniors or top sportsmen.
MDDr. Kabátová Veronika
Thank you very much to Mr. Jelínek for the nutrition course for children. I have been personally and professionally interested in healthy eating for a long time. I discovered Mr. Jelínek's course by chance, and it brought me additional important pieces to my puzzle of knowledge. In my work, I perceive how an enormous amount of information overwhelms parents today, how wide the gap in the field of nutrition is, and that both extremes bring problems. For quite some time, I have felt that normalcy, sustainability, and natural functionality have been disappearing from eating, and this course brings them back. It does not emphasize perfection in diet, does not categorize foods as good or bad, but instead highlights the individuality of the child and the foods, teaching how to combine these two aspects sensitively for the best effect.
Gabriela Maršálková
As young woman I have never deal with foods, but as a mother I started to take up interest how to eat properly and what to give to children, so they have everything they need – especially in today′s world full of ready-to-cook food, carbs, and artificial ingredients. When we started to work with supplements, this interest changed into desire to know as much as possible about basic human need. Thanks to Martin Jelínek I didn′t get only bare facts about food, but also complete and self-contained view on nutrition and impact of what we eat or do not eat on our existence. His approach to education is unique and I can warmly recommend his courses!