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Gain in-depth knowledge of nutrition principles and behavior change strategies to help clients make lasting dietary improvements.

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Help clients establish good nutrition practices and overcome common eating challenges with personalized, science-based solutions for healthy habits, all while staying in your scope of practice.

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Earn a respected credential that highlights your expertise in fitness nutrition, attracting clients seeking personalized health and wellness guidance.

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RENEWAL VOUCHER TERMS & CONDITIONS

  • In order to redeem a renewal voucher, ACE Professionals must meet all renewal requirements and still move through the purchase process required for renewal. Once they add a renewal to their virtual cart at ACEfitness.org, the voucher will be detected and the item discount will be recognized. This transaction must be separate from the original qualifying purchase.
  • Renewal vouchers are good for renewal of a single credential.
  • Renewal vouchers awarded to ACE Professionals who hold more than one credential will be automatically applied to the next on-time renewal processed, not necessarily the next credential up for renewal.
  • There is no limit to the number of renewal vouchers an ACE Professional may receive.
  • Renewal vouchers must be must be used within 30 months of purchase date of qualifying materials.
  • Renewal vouchers are only applicable for on-time renewals, and may not be applied to late renewals that incur additional fees.
  • Renewal vouchers are non-transferable and hold no cash value.
  • Renewal voucher promotions override all other discount programs and may not be used in conjunction with other discounts.
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While anyone can purchase and complete this program, it was designed with the following professionals in mind:

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To become an ACE Fitness Nutrition Specialist, you must complete the full curriculum and pass all quizzes with a score of 70% or higher. No prerequisites required. You'll receive a certificate, and your credential will never expire or need renewal.

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Discover a client-focused approach to nutrition, combining essential knowledge with practical coaching strategies. The ACE Fitness Nutrition Specialist Program provides insight into the key principles of nutrition and behavior change. Through engaging modules and assessments, you'll gain the expertise to help clients make informed dietary choices and create lasting healthy habits.

ACE Fitness Nutrition Manual

The ACE Fitness Nutrition Manual is the essential text for health and fitness professionals who want to expand the breadth of services they offer clients to include nutritional guidance. It includes a wealth of knowledge and skills to maximize your expertise in nutrition, while staying within the scope of practice. Registered dietician Natalie Digate Muth, MD shares how to effectively obtain diet history and use it to facilitate goal setting, insights into teaching clients how to read and compare nutrition labels and tips for preparing simple and healthy meals.

ACE Fitness Nutrition Lecture Series

This four-part video series presented by Natalie Digate Muth, MD contains the following topics:

  • Nutrition Scope of Practice: Learn what nutritional guidance falls within your scope of practice and what types of consultation are best left to registered dieticians and other medical professionals.
  • Grocery Store Tour: Explore the general layout of most grocery stores and develop a plan to shop for healthy selections. A downloadable 'Grocery Store Tour' guide is included for future reference.
  • Developing Nutrition Programs: Learn how to organize and execute nutrition consultations with clients and develop individualized plans based on those sessions.
  • Now, Grow Your Business!: You've learned how to develop nutrition programs: it's time to put them into practice. This video will teach you how to incorporate your new skills into your business and includes a health nutrition and fitness questionnaire for client consultation sessions.

ACE Presents Fitness Nutrition

This three-part video series will teach you how to put nutrition into action with your clients.

  • ACE Presents Fitness Nutrition: Explore how to set goals with clients based on their stage of change within the transtheoretical model (TTM) of behavior change.
  • Nutrition How To's: Understand how to read nutrition labels. Includes snack recommendations for clients, kids and athletes.
  • Cooking Demonstrations: Discover how to create meals that follow the 'MyPlate' recommendations with fun, easy and healthy recipes.

Coaching Behavior Change Part 1: Stages of Change Reading

This section focuses on a reading from the Coaching Behavior Change Manual covering the stages of change model, which is a framework a coach can use to help clients successfully achieve long-lasting behavioral change. Key topics include:

  • The Stages of Behavior Change: Learn to define each stage of behavior change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance.)
  • Managing Relapse: Understand the concept of relapse, its role in the stages of change and how to manage it.
  • Identifying State of Change: Identify each client's stage of change and how to tailor your behavioral intervention accordingly.

Coaching Behavior Change Part 2: Stages of Change Podcast

James O. Prochaska, director of the Cancer Prevention Research Center at the University of Rhode Island and the developer of the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, will guide you through the details of each stage of the behavior change process in this engaging discussion.

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The Sports Nutrition for Health Professionals Course helps health and fitness professionals develop the knowledge needed to integrate nutrition science into their practices and explore the role of sports nutrition with clients. Created by ACE and respected healthcare publisher F.A. Davis, the Sports Nutrition for Health Professionals Manual is the focus of this course and guides health and fitness professionals with integrating the science of nutrition into their practices. It also provides advice on how to explore the role of nutrition and exercise with clients through four in-depth case studies. A multiple-choice quiz is included in this course to help gauge knowledge of the material.

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Jonathan (ACE Certified Professional)

Very informative course.

Manar

KATHERINE (ACE Certified Professional)

Too much out of scope information. Would have preferred to have more basic nutritional information.

Mia (ACE Certified Professional)

This course includes excellent, in-depth material explaining the key components of nutrition. Nutrition is vital to individuals from every walk of life and is foundational regarding our health and well-being. This is a wonderful tool to use in explaining how one can be proactive with his or her health by consuming a nutrient dense diet, pertaining to both general and specific dietary needs.

Jayden (ACE Certified Professional)

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