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How To Become a Nutrition Coach

Whether for your own personal health, or you are interested in helping others achieve a balanced lifestyle, nutrition is a fascinating field. 

At Future Fit, we offer a choice of three, industry-recognised nutrition qualifications, together with a range of short individual courses designed to help grow your knowledge and share your passion. 

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Download all the resources you need to help you to become a Nutrition Coach. This bundle will give you access to 4 of our most requested guides. Giving you full information on how to become a Nutrition Coach, changing careers, comparing courses & a breakdown of our courses and pricing options.

  • ‘How to become a Nutrition Coach’ guide
  • ‘Career Change’ guide
  • ‘Course Comparison Checklist’
  • Course Information & Price Guide

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You’ll also have the opportunity to speak with one of our expert Career Advisers, who can provide friendly, no-obligation advice about your options and help you get started if you’re ready.

Step 1

Choose a Nutrition Course

It is important to find a nutrition course that gives you an industry recognised nutrition qualification. Future Fit offers a choice of three Nutrition qualifications as well as individual short courses to build on your skillset and provide the knowledge you need to excel in a career in nutrition. Explore the different courses available to begin your journey to becoming a nutrition coach with an accredited nutrition course.

Our state-of-the-art e-learning courses are an engaging combination of videos, activities, and downloadable resources. You can study from home at a pace that suits you, with our team of tutors on hand to help you with any queries and provide feedback on your assignments. You can also avail of regular virtual workshops where you can connect with our tutors and other students. Our nutrition qualifications are designed to fit around your existing lifestyle and commitments. 

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Step 2

Get Insured

Once you are qualified as a Nutrition coach, in order for you to practice safely and cover your own business, you will need to obtain professional liability insurance. Without insurance, you would be liable for any costs involved in client incidents.

Future Fit nutrition graduates are able to get insurance through Balens, who are specialist insurance brokers for health and wellbeing professionals. 

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Step 3

Decide How You’ll Operate

Before you start your career in Nutrition you will need to decide how you wish to operate. Decide if you will be offering one-on-one sessions, group sessions or be an online coach.

The career paths you choose will determine the best venue for you, whether it will be a spare room in your house for smaller sessions or hiring of a room in a community centre or church for larger group sessions.

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Step 4

Promote Yourself or Your Business

Marketing yourself includes both online and offline marketing. In today’s world having an online presence is key, this includes creating an engaging and informative website and setting up a key social media presence on platforms where your target audience will be found (Facebook and Instagram).

In addition, it is good to have a resource that you can use whilst networking and promoting your business locally by using posters, flyers and business cards.

Our nutrition courses include our unique Career Accelerator Package which contains all the information you need to effectively market yourself and grow your client base.

Step 5

Keep Developing Your Skills

In today’s ever-changing market it is vital to keep upskilling your offering, to ensure you meet the needs of your varied client base and stay ahead of the competition.

To be able to work with clients for any given goal it’s important to continue your learning and show clients your knowledge doesn’t stop at the qualification. Future Fit provides short nutrition courses that allow you to enhance the knowledge that you have learned in your qualification.

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