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Active IQ and BTN Academy Team Up to Launch New Level 4 Certificate in Nutrition Coaching
29 Sep 2022
The partnership now allows UK training providers to offer The BTN Academy training in nutrition coaching in their own centres
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According to Coomber, nutrition is routinely one the top skills that coaches want more training in but historically, options for high quality education in nutrition have been limited. With this new partnership, The BTN Academy and Active IQ are set to change that.
Now, training providers across the UK can offer the BTN Academy course to their own learners helping to upskill and train more PTs and fitness professionals keen to master nutrition. This Level 4 certificate will help give them an edge, providing important skills that can help change people’s lives through the power of food and lifestyle change.
“For coaches to be highly effective at helping clients transform their health, body composition and performance, they need the skill of nutrition coaching and behaviour change,” says Coomber. “Getting in the gym and exercising is a great step, but far more impact is had long term with how clients eat and engage with food and their environment.”
“Many coaches lack the competence, confidence and qualifications to coach clients effectively in this area. We needed a more accessible but thorough offering for coaches to upskill as a nutrition coach enabling them to strengthen the package they can offer their clients and the results they can ultimately get them,” continues Coomber. “Nutrition coaching is a powerful skill, and we’re excited to work with Active IQ to roll this out to other training providers and together, elevate the impact that this industry can have on the end client.”
The Level 4 certificate teaches learners the science and application of nutrition to help clients improve their nutritional intake in line with the current scientific research. The certificate enables learners to assist a wide variety of clients regardless of their goals or health state while also maximizing their overall health. The course material includes a wide range of topics including behavioural aspects of nutrition change, nutrition for weight loss, muscle gain and performance, male and female health, sports nutrition, diabetes, child nutrition, sports team coaching and much more.
“We are privileged to work with BTN Academy on this Level 4 qualification,” said Gavin Baxter, Head of Business Development, Active IQ. “The team at BTN are experts in nutrition and they share the same values as Active IQ when it comes to education. This launch will allow other Active IQ centres the opportunity to become approved and deliver Nutrition Coaching to their graduates, providing opportunities to operate as a nutrition coach.”
Learners must have a basic level of nutritional knowledge in order to enroll in the course. This can be in the form of an accredited qualification like Active IQ Level 3 Award in Nutrition for Exercise and Health or Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training, or non-accredited training like The BTN Foundation Academy. Aside from that learners will simply need basic IT skills, at least GCSE-level reading comprehension and access to a computer as the course is taught online.
Once qualified, a nutrition coach will be able to work alone or with a fitness professional. They can also work as part of a multidisciplinary team to help clients implement prescribed advice from a dietician or other medical professional.
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A range of refreshed qualifications will be launched, and we will be adding new digital content to our LMS Platform providing additional CPD and resources to our customers. We will also be growing our presence internationally with both new and existing training providers from around the world. We have extended our portfolio of international offerings with the Active IQ Personal Training and Fitness Instructor International Programmes of Study offering high quality education to even more learners around the world.
Our goal is to extend our expertise in the UK fitness sector internationally and we’re thrilled to have several partners across the Middle East and Africa joining us on this mission.
Our goal is to extend our expertise in the UK fitness sector internationally and we’re thrilled to have several partners across the Middle East and Africa joining us on this mission.
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