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IDEAL FOR:

  • Professional and amateur athletes
  • Coaches
  • Trainers
  • Gym/fitness centre staff
  • Nutritionists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Chiropractors
  • Health practitioners
  • Health care providers
  • Natural health product (NHP) retailers
  • Sports Nutrition Centre staff
  • NHP sales representatives
  • NHP manufacturers
  • Health & nutrition enthusiasts

APPLY FOR PROFESSIONS SUCH AS:

  • Certified Sports Nutritionist (CSN)
  • Registered Nutritional Counsellor (RNC)
  • Certified Natural Health Practitioner (CNHP)
  • NHP retailer
  • NHP sales representative
  • NHP manufacturer

A 13-lesson, self-study certificate course about sports nutrition

  • This course is a co-requisite for the following diploma programs: Advanced Nutrition and Nutritional Consulting

Total Price = $549 plus GST/HST (if applicable)

The fee includes:

  • course notebook (includes feature articles from alive magazine, alive recipes, and practice quizzes)
  • lesson tests
  • full access to the Online Learning Centre
  • Nutrition for Health, Fitness, & Sport textbook by Melvin H. Williams
  • Prescription for Dietary Wellness book by Phyllis A. Balch, CHC
  • final exam
  • free shipping (within North America)
  • support and assistance while you study

A certificate will be awarded upon successful completion of the final exam. Students have 5 months to complete the course; however, it can be completed sooner than the allotted time depending on the pace of the individual. View the course outline.

LESSON 1: Introduction to Nutrition for Health, Fitness, and Sports Performance
LESSON 2: Healthful Nutrition for Fitness and Sport
LESSON 3: Human Energy
LESSON 4: Carbohydrates: The Main Energy Food
LESSON 5: Fat: An Important Energy Source During Exercise
LESSON 6: Protein: The Tissue Builder
LESSON 7: Vitamins: The Organic Regulators
LESSON 8: Minerals: The Inorganic Regulators
LESSON 9: Water, Electrolytes, and Temperature Regulation
LESSON 10: Body Weight and Composition for Health and Sport
LESSON 11: Weight Maintenance and Loss through Proper Nutrition and Exercise
LESSON 12: Weight Gaining through Proper Nutrition and Exercise
LESSON 13: Food, Drugs, and Related Supplements