Body Composition Practitioner
Level 1
In this course you'll learn how to:
- Choose the right method for your client
- Perform field methods with low error
- Evaluate new methods that emerge
- Help clients meet their goals
Level 1 Course Description:
This certification is an online course designed for nutrition and fitness practitioners who would like to accurately assess clients' body composition and track this over time. Resorts, spas, and concierge medical practices offer more precise body composition evaluations to benchmark progress in healthy lifestyle interventions and clinical prescriptions. Body composition field methods are taught which include skinfold thickness measurements and bioelectrical impedance analysis. Other clinical body composition methods including DXA and ultrasound are also introduced and their advantages and limitations are explained. Emphasis is on children, the elderly, and active and inactive adult populations.
The course includes 10 learning modules plus access to the e-Book, ACSM's Body Composition Assessment, by Dr Tim Lohman & Dr Laurie Milliken, Eds, 2020.
