The short answer

Pick the course that matches the one change you want to make in the next month, not the biggest course in the topic. If you are new to healthy eating, start with Understanding the Eatwell Guide (£9.99, about an hour). If you have a specific life stage, such as pregnancy, weaning or menopause, go to that topic and start with its Foundation or Focused course. Choose a Premium course only when you want the whole area covered in one place.

Find your course in 60 seconds

Choose the area of life you are in, then the goal that sounds most like you. We will show you where to start and what to take next, if anything.

Step 1 · Your area

Step 2 · Your goal

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First: are you learning for yourself, or for a career?

This one question saves more money than any other. Search for "nutrition course" in the UK and most of the results are university degrees, diplomas and accredited professional training. Those are built for people who want to work in nutrition, and they are priced and timed for that: weeks or years of study, coursework and exams.

If your goal is a career, look for programmes accredited by the Association for Nutrition, which runs the UK Voluntary Register of Nutritionists. If you want to work as a dietitian, you need a degree approved by the Health and Care Professions Council. A short consumer course will not get you there, and it should never claim to.

If your goal is personal, the picture is different. You do not need biochemistry or exam essays. You need clear UK guidance, turned into something you can do this week, plus a way to keep going after the first few days. That is what MyNutriCare courses are for: short, self-paced lessons with trackers, planners and checklists built in, based on the same guidance your GP, midwife or health visitor uses.

Your five options, compared honestly

A paid course is only one way to learn about food and health. Before you choose any course, ours included, see where it sits against the alternatives. Each one is the right answer for someone.

Costs and lengths checked on providers' own pages in October 2026 and may change. To check a dietitian is registered, search the HCPC register.

Foundation, Focused or Premium: which level?

Every course sits at one of three levels. All three have at least five modules, a 10-question final check and a certificate when you pass. The difference is how much ground they cover.

A simple rule: if you can name the exact problem ("my toddler only eats beige food", "I keep regaining weight"), pick the Focused course for that problem. If you are at the start of a whole new stage ("I've just found out I'm pregnant", "I think I'm perimenopausal"), the Premium course for that stage usually costs less than buying the smaller ones one by one.

For adults who want to eat better day to day, spend less on food, manage their weight or get stronger.

Everyday nutrition

Start with the Eatwell Guide course if you are not sure what a balanced plate looks like in practice. It is the base the other nutrition courses build on. If you already know the basics but struggle to put them into a real week, go straight to meal planning or the budget course.

Weight management

The six weight courses each solve a different problem, so pick by what usually goes wrong for you. If you have never understood why weight changes, start with energy balance. If you lose weight but it comes back, the regain course is the one to take. If eating is tied to stress or mood, the emotional eating course will help more than another meal plan.

Fitness

Strength Training Basics (Foundation, 1 hr 15 min, £12.99) is an 8-week home plan with exercise cards, a good-form checklist and a workout log. The UK Chief Medical Officers advise adults to do muscle-strengthening activity on at least two days a week, and this is the simplest way to start if you have never lifted anything heavier than the shopping.

For anyone trying to conceive, newly pregnant or preparing for birth.

Before pregnancy, the most time-sensitive step is folic acid. The NHS advises taking it before you conceive and for the first 12 weeks, so the vitamins course is the one to take first if you are trying now, and our free checklist of things to sort before trying for a baby covers the rest. Once you are pregnant, decide between the Premium course and individual courses based on how much you want covered. If food safety worries you most, start with our free pregnancy foods to eat and avoid checklist; the food safety course alone may be all you need.

For the newborn months and the first year of feeding, whether by breast, bottle or both.

Pick the feeding course that matches how you feed now, not how you planned to. Many parents end up combination feeding, and that course exists because it is the method with the least clear guidance online. For the first weeks at home, First 6 Weeks With Baby covers feeds, nappies, sleep, your own recovery and the red flags to act on. When solids are on the horizon, our free guide to when to start weaning sets out the readiness signs.

For parents of toddlers and school-age children, on food and on behaviour.

Food and behaviour often turn out to be the same problem at the table. If mealtimes are a battle, start with Fussy Eating Strategies. NHS guidance notes that toddlers' appetites vary from day to day, and the course shows you how to judge a week rather than a single plate. If the battles happen everywhere, not just at meals, the behaviour courses will help more.

The largest topic on the site, with 15 courses, so it is worth choosing carefully.

Split the choice into two questions. First, do you want to understand what is happening and talk to your GP about it, or do you want to change how you eat and move? Second, is there one symptom that dominates your days? If it is one symptom, take that course. If you are at the beginning and everything feels new, the Complete Menopause Guide brings every stage together, and the Complete Menopause Nutrition Course does the same for food.

Understanding menopause and getting help

Food, weight and strength

Symptoms and work

For better nights, calmer thinking and easier conversations with the people closest to you.

For sleep, the Complete Better Sleep Course (Premium, 4 hr 30 min, £24.99) is the main course, with a two-week sleep diary, a sleep efficiency calculator and a 10-minute guided wind-down. For mind and relationships, choose by the moment that goes wrong: the thought, the anger, the argument or the boundary.

There is also Rebuilding Trust for couples working through a breach of trust.

For staying strong and well in later life, and for the family members looking after an older relative.

If you are buying for yourself, start with nutrition or strength, depending on which feels weaker. If you are caring for a parent, the poor appetite course is the most practical place to start when meals are the daily worry. The carer stress course is the one carers most often put off and most often need.

Before you buy any nutrition course: an 8-point check

Use this on any provider, not just us. A trustworthy health course should pass at least seven of these. Tick what the course page shows you.

Five ways people pick the wrong course

Most course regret comes from one of these. A minute spent checking saves you buying twice.

1. Buying for a goal you don't have yetA weaning course bought at 20 weeks pregnant often goes unopened until the baby is five months old, by which time you have new questions. Buy for the stage you are in now.
2. Starting with the biggest courseA Premium course is great value when you want the whole area. If your problem is narrow, a Focused course gets you to the answer faster and you are more likely to finish it.
3. Choosing by topic name, not by problem"Menopause" covers 15 courses. "I can't sleep because of night sweats" points to one. Write your problem in a sentence first, then match it.
4. Expecting a course to replace careNo education course can diagnose a symptom or adjust a medicine. Each course page lists what to check with a health professional first; read that before you buy.
5. Buying a career course for a personal goalA 10-week accredited course is the right choice if you want to work in nutrition. For your own eating, it is more cost and theory than you need.

What you get with every course

Whichever course you choose, the format is the same, so you can compare courses on topic alone.

The certificate shows you completed a general education course. It is not a professional qualification.

Still not sure? Start small

If you can't decide, take the course that solves your biggest problem this week. Most people finish a Focused course in two or three short sittings.

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Questions people ask

Sources

• GOV.UK: The Eatwell Guide
• NHS: Eat well
• NHS: Vitamins, supplements and nutrition in pregnancy
• NHS: Menopause
• GOV.UK: UK Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines
• Association for Nutrition
• HCPC: Check the register
• University of Aberdeen on FutureLearn: Nutrition and Wellbeing
• University of Oxford: Exploring the Basics of Human Nutrition

MyNutriCare courses are general education about healthy habits. They are not medical advice and do not diagnose, treat or cure any condition. If you have a health condition, are pregnant or take medicines, check with your GP, midwife, health visitor or pharmacist before making changes.