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GLP-1 Nutrition Coach Certification

Coach Clients on Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound Through Side Effects, Meal Planning, and Lasting Habits

GLP-1 Nutrition Coach Certification: Coach Clients on Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound

Half your clients are on a GLP-1 medication, and the old coaching playbook does not fit them. They eat almost nothing some weeks, lose muscle along with fat, and ask questions you are not sure you can answer. This certification trains you to support GLP-1 clients with real confidence: the food, the habits, the hard conversations, and the legal line that keeps you safely in a coach's lane. This is Expert Skills' own GLP-1 Nutrition Coach Certification, a coaching course built for the unregulated coaching space, not a state license or authorization to provide medical nutrition therapy. You do not need a medical or dietitian background to start. Every term is explained in plain words.

💡 What You'll Learn

Through 13 comprehensive modules and 54 lessons, you'll build a complete, repeatable way to coach a GLP-1 client from the first call to long-term maintenance.

How the medications work: explain in plain language how GLP-1 drugs change appetite, digestion, and body composition, and recognize the signs that belong to the prescriber.
Your scope of practice: know exactly what an unlicensed coach can and cannot legally do, how state laws change the line, and how to refer the right way.
Protein and muscle: set a practical protein target and help a client hit it even when their appetite is tiny.
Side-effect-safe eating: give real strategies for nausea, hydration, constipation, food aversions, and trigger foods.
Meal planning that fits: build a full day of eating for any appetite level and turn it into a reusable plan.
The coaching framework: run a client through Assess, Plan, Adapt, and Maintain instead of improvising.
Behavior change: coach food noise, the identity shift of rapid loss, and habits that outlast the medication.
The hard moments: handle plateaus, the "should I stop taking it?" question, and eating out, all without overstepping.
Maintenance and your practice: guide clients into maintenance, prepare for regain risk, and run clean, ethical sessions with the right paperwork.

🎓 Your Diploma

Accredited by Expert Skills and recognized internationally for professional development. When you pass the final exam, you become eligible to order your official personalized diploma, printed with your name and the course title. The diploma is an optional paid upgrade ordered after you pass, not part of the course price. Order your official diploma here.

🧠 Key Features

✔ 100% Online and Self-Paced
✔ Accredited and Professionally Recognized by Expert Skills
✔ No Prior Experience Required
✔ 13 in-depth modules, 54 written lessons with custom visual diagrams
✔ A dedicated scope-of-practice module so you know the legal line
✔ Ready-to-use coaching tools: intake form, meal-plan template, check-in, and referral letter
✔ Two months of full course access, extendable for a small fee
✔ Optional personalized diploma after you pass the final exam (paid upgrade)

⏰ Course Duration and Access

You get two months of full, self-paced access from the day you enroll. Study on your own schedule and revisit any lesson as often as you like. Need more time? You can extend your access on the site for a small fee.

💼 Where This Applies

GLP-1 clients are everywhere coaches already work: personal training studios, gyms, wellness and weight-loss practices, online coaching, and health coaching businesses. This certification helps you confidently take on clients who are on or starting a GLP-1 medication and support them inside a coach's scope. It positions you as the coach who understands this fast-growing area, working alongside (never replacing) the client's prescriber and dietitian.

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The number of GLP-1 clients is growing fast, and the coaches who understand them stand out. Enroll today, build the skills and the confidence to support these clients well, and join thousands of Expert Skills learners advancing their careers.

What you'll get

54 self-paced lessons
2 months access

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What you'll learn in this module

What a GLP-1 nutrition coach actually does day to day, and the one thing the coach never touches
Who the typical GLP-1 client is, what they already pay for, and the food and habit problems they bring to you
How your role differs from the prescriber's and the dietitian's, so you know exactly where you fit
How to describe your coaching lane in one honest, plain sentence

A personal trainer you know used to spend her days writing lifting programs and counting reps. Then, over about six months, half her roster started a weight loss medication. Suddenly the questions in her inbox were not about squats. They were "what should I eat when I can barely finish half a sandwich?" and "is it normal to feel this tired?" She had no playbook for any of it. That gap, between what clients now need and what most coaches were trained for, is the whole reason this role exists.

A GLP-1 nutrition coach supports the food, hydration, and daily habits of a client who is taking a GLP-1 medication, while leaving every medical decision to the client's prescriber. That is the role in one breath. The rest of this lesson unpacks what that support looks like and, just as important, where it stops.

GLP-1 nutrition coach — a coach who helps a client on a GLP-1 weight loss medication eat well, keep muscle, manage side effects through food, and build lasting habits. The coach guides nutrition and behavior, never the medication itself.

What the coach actually does

The medication does most of the appetite work on its own. It quiets hunger so the client eats less without forcing it. That changes your job in a useful way. You are not there to create a calorie deficit through willpower, because the drug already creates one. You are there to make sure the small amount the client does eat is the right small amount, and that they stay safe and steady while their body adjusts.

In practice, that means a handful of concrete things. You help the client hit a protein target so they hold onto muscle. You suggest foods that go down easily on a queasy day. You build a hydration habit for someone who has lost the signal for thirst. You keep them company through the awkward first weeks, the plateaus, and the long maintenance stretch. And you watch for the symptoms that are not yours to coach, and send those straight back to the prescriber.

What the coach never touches

Here is the line that protects you and your client both. You never tell anyone to start, stop, raise, lower, or skip a dose of their medication. You do not diagnose anything. You do not promise a number on the scale or a cure for any condition. Those belong to licensed professionals, and saying so out loud to your client is part of doing this job well, not a weakness in it.

Key Principle

The medication handles the appetite. Your job is to make the little the client eats count, protect their muscle, and keep them steady, while every medical decision stays with the prescriber.

None of this requires you to be a doctor or a dietitian. It does require you to know your lane cold and to stay inside it on purpose. The clients who need this support are everywhere now, and a coach who can give it calmly and within scope is genuinely hard to find.

Check Yourself

A client texts to ask whether she should lower her dose because she feels nauseous. What is the coach's job here?

Show answer

Dose decisions are not the coach's lane. The coach can offer food strategies that ease nausea, but the question about changing the dose goes straight to the prescriber. Coaching the food, never the medication.

Key Takeaways

A GLP-1 nutrition coach supports food, hydration, and habits for a client on the medication, and leaves medical decisions to the prescriber.
The drug does the appetite work, so the coach makes the small amount eaten count and protects muscle, rather than chasing a deficit.
The coach never advises on dose, never diagnoses, and never promises an outcome, and states that boundary plainly to the client.

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About this course

Is this course accredited? +

Yes. It is accredited by Expert Skills and recognized internationally for professional development. Expert Skills is registered under UK Gov / UKRLP (UKPRN 10092631).

Do I need a nutrition or medical background? +

No. The course starts from the basics and explains every term in plain language, so coaches, trainers, and career-changers can all follow it. Existing coaches can move quickly through the foundations.

Will I learn what I can and cannot legally do? +

Yes. A full module is devoted to scope of practice: what an unlicensed coach may do, what counts as medical care, how state laws change the line, and how to refer clients correctly.

How long do I have access? +

You get two months of full access, and you can extend it on the site for a small fee if you need more time.

Can I study on my phone? +

Yes. The lessons are written and mobile-friendly, so you can learn on your phone, tablet, or computer, anywhere you have a few minutes.

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