Board certification as a specialist in sports dietetics by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. The sports dietitian provides individual and group/team nutrition counseling and education to enhance the performance of competitive and recreational athletes.

Depending on the state, being a licensed dietitian is required for 1:1 nutrition counseling. State requirements are frequently met through the same education and training required to become an RDN.

Kat’s Licensure currently includes: Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Maryland, Florida, Illinois

Personal Trainers are health and fitness professionals who perform individualized assessments, and design safe, effective and individualized exercise and conditioning programs. NASM-CPTs are prepared to design exercise and conditioning programs that are scientifically valid and based on clinical evidence.

Personal Trainers do not diagnose or treat areas of pain or disease and will always refer clients with such needs to health care professionals.

The National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) has collaborated with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) since 2016 to provide a robust board certification examination.

The NBC-HWC credential represents training, education, and assessment standards, allowing for the profession to advance in all aspects of health care and wellness.

A comprehensive nutrition education, mentorship, and internship program based on behavior change. An approved training program by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).

Learning outcomes of the course includes understanding and practical skills in the following areas:

• The pathophysiology of IBS, including causes, symptoms, diagnostic techniques, alarm features and the role of breath hydrogen testing
• The FODMAP concept and the FODMAP composition of foods
• Implementing the low FODMAP diet in clinical practice, from assessment, through to education and managing the re-challenge phase
• Troubleshooting strategies and considerations when patients are not responding well to a low FODMAP diet
• Adjunct therapies, including hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, stress management, probiotics and pharmacological therapies
• Other dietary approaches to IBS management, such as fiber modification, adding glucose to fructose, the low food chemical diet and the gluten-free diet
• Other applications of the low FODMAP diet, including in pediatric patients with IBS, breastfeeding mothers of infants with colic, women with endometriosis and individuals with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.