Run your nutrition coaching practice with the scope line visible in every file
A complete business and admin kit for certified nutrition coaches, health coaches and trainers adding nutrition coaching: scope, referrals, intake, pricing, honest marketing and the numbers. No meal plans, no health claims.
- A 15-sheet practice workbook and a 7-sheet pricing and capacity calculator, with sample data, live formulas and charts
- 4 fillable forms: scope statement, intake and consent template, referral record and letter, completion and monthly review
- 52 client messages, including out-of-scope replies and referral scripts, plus an agreement discussion sheet and client documents pack
- A dated country sheet on protected titles, health-claim rules and health-data privacy, and a 'Numbers that matter' KPI card
The Nutrition Coach Practice Kit · Bodhih Pro Kits · 288 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
What can a nutrition coach do, and how do you run the practice safely?
A nutrition coach usually coaches habits and routines around eating and refers diagnosis, treatment, meal plans, targets and supplement questions to regulated professionals. The Nutrition Coach Practice Kit from Bodhih Training gives you the scope statement, referral process, intake and consent templates, pricing tools and claims checks to run that practice, without nutritional advice.
Want the full free guide first? Read Nutrition Coach Scope of Practice: What Can You Do, and When Do You Refer?.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
The line between coaching and advice is blurry
Clients ask for meal plans, targets and supplement tips in messages at 10 pm. Without written scope and ready words, it is easy to drift into advice you are not trained or insured to give.
'See a dietitian' is not a referral
Telling someone to see a professional, without a name, a route, consent rules and a follow-up, leaves the client with the problem. It also leaves you without a record that you acted properly.
Prices that ignore the real hours
Check-ins, notes and messages quietly double the time a programme takes. Many coaches only find out when they are busy every evening and earning less per hour than they expected.
Marketing that promises bodies, not process
Results-led captions, before-and-after photos and casual testimonials can break advertising rules and attract people who need clinical care first.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Imagine a Tuesday evening after your last session. Two messages arrive: one asking for a meal plan for a parent's new diagnosis, one asking about a supplement. As you open the message library, you already know which reply fits each, which professional on your Referral Register to name, and what to log. Two minutes, two kind answers, nothing outside your scope.
Now picture the first week of the month. You open the Dashboard and read your numbers in the order the KPI card suggests: safety first, then clients, then money, then growth. One client is flagged at risk, one referral needs consent recorded, one programme sits below your hourly floor. You know exactly what to do with each, because the workbook told you.
When a new client says yes, the paperwork is already built: the agreement topics decided with your lawyer, your scope statement written in four boxes, and the intake template holding your certifying body's own screening questions. Nothing starts until all three are back, and the Clients sheet will not let you forget.
Whether you begin tonight with the scope statement or tomorrow with the pricing calculator, the Start-here map gives you the first hour, the first week and the first ninety days, one file at a time.
20 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Nutrition Coach Practice Kit (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: nutrition coach practice map
The practice as ten jobs with the file to open at each, your first hour, 'Brand it in five minutes', your first week, a 30/60/90 day use plan and links to measure your starting point.
Nutrition Coach Practice Workbook
15-sheet workbook: settings, scope and referral register, offer and price builder, leads and discovery calls, client register, referral log, income and expenses, claims check log, monthly, source and programme views, and three dashboards with charts.
Programme Pricing and Capacity Calculator
7-sheet calculator: revenue needed and hourly floor, a pricing check for each programme, a capacity planner for your week and a group break-even table, with a summary chart.
Scope statement and coaching agreement checklist
Three-page fillable form: write your scope of practice statement in plain words (what you do, what you do not do, your credentials and referral line), then a per-client checklist that confirms every agreement, consent and scope step before the first session.
Intake and consent form template
Three-page client-facing intake template with a brand header: contact details, goals in the client's own words, a blank screening box you fill from your certifying body's and insurer's requirements, scope acknowledgement, data protection consent and separate optional consents.
Referral form and letter structure
Two-page fillable form: an internal referral record (date, reason category, consent, partner, route, follow-up) and a client-facing referral letter structure with a brand header, written in plain words with no diagnosis.
Programme completion review and monthly practice review
Four-page fillable form: a completion review to run with each client at the end of a programme (goals revisited in their words, habits kept, next step, feedback and separate testimonial consent) and a monthly practice review of numbers, scope, claims, referrals and records.
Nutrition coach message library
52 ready-to-adapt messages in 9 groups: enquiries, discovery calls, onboarding, check-ins and messaging boundaries, out-of-scope replies, referral messages, completion and renewal, testimonials with consent, and gyms, employers and partners.
Client agreement discussion sheet and scope policy
A 16-topic agreement discussion sheet in plain words to take to your lawyer, three-way steps for gym- or employer-funded coaching, and a one-page scope and boundaries policy with 9 sections.
Client documents pack: welcome pack, programme one-pagers, corporate proposal and letters
Brand-ready Word pack: a welcome pack, a programme one-pager template with a completed example, a corporate wellness talk proposal (business terms only) with a covering email, and two ready-to-send letters (referral and end of programme).
Claims-safe marketing checklist and caption bank
A 15-point pre-publish checklist, 12 words-to-avoid swaps, rules of thumb for testimonials, images and disclosures, a 19-caption bank with no health claims and a one-paragraph marketing policy.
Worked example pack: a part-time nutrition coach's first quarter
The kit's forms and sheets completed for one illustrative composite case: scope statement, referral network, programme pricing, a discovery call that ends in a referral, a paused client and referral letter, claims checks, a completion review and the quarter's numbers.
AI prompt pack for nutrition coaches
32 tool-agnostic prompts in 10 groups for admin, scope wording, referrals, pricing, calls, onboarding, records, claims checks, partners and reviews, each with what to paste in and what to check, plus six rules (AI never writes meal plans).
In scope or refer: admin decision card
If-this-then-that card: 9 client requests and the admin step for each, 6 referral situations, 5 business decisions, and a box for your certifying body's own referral triggers.
Nutrition coach mistakes to avoid
Twelve practice mistakes (scope drift, claims, unconsented testimonials and more) with what to do instead and the file that helps, plus six habits that keep a practice safe.
Numbers that matter: KPI card
Fourteen practice numbers with plain-words definitions, exact formulas, where each lives in the workbook or calculator, and what to do if it moves.
Nutrition coaching rules by country (October 2026)
Dated quick reference: protected titles and licensure, advertising and health-claim rules, review rules and health-data privacy for the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, the EU, the Philippines, South Africa and others, with sources.
30-day practice set-up and monthly review calendar
45 calendar events: a 30-day set-up plan, a weekly Monday admin block and three monthly practice reviews to day 93, each naming the file to open. Import into a new calendar and move to your dates.
Nutrition coach practice task board
33 set-up and review tasks as a CSV ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira, with phase, week, the file to open and a due date.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 20 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 57 pages
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner, Jira
- Best for
- Nutrition coaches, health coaches and personal trainers running a coaching practice, in any country and currency
- Scope
- Business and admin only: no meal plans, targets, supplement guidance or health claims
Scope of Practice: What You Do, What You Refer, and Why
Write a scope statement in four boxes, copy your referral triggers from your certifying body and insurer, and say it in plain words.
Referral Routes and Your Professional Network
Build a referral register of dietitians, doctors and other professionals, agree routes, and run every referral as a consented, logged admin process.
Niche and Offer Without Medical Claims
Describe who you help and their situation without health, weight or body claims, and name who each offer is not for.
Packaging and Pricing Programmes
Find your hourly floor, count every check-in and admin minute, and price programmes that clear it in a week you can deliver.
The Discovery Call
Run a 20-minute call that explains scope, decides fit honestly and treats 'refer first' as a good outcome.
Intake, Consent and the Agreement
Agreement, scope statement and intake with your certifying body's screening before session 1, with optional consents kept separate.
The Coaching Rhythm: Sessions, Check-ins and Messaging Boundaries
Design cadence, check-in day, reply window and boundaries as operations, with behaviour-change ideas credited.
Records, Notes, Privacy and Practice Software
Keep less and keep it well: one secure place, IDs elsewhere, a retention rule, and tools chosen by category.
Claims-Safe Marketing, Gyms and Employers
Pass every post through five gates, use testimonials only with written consent, and keep gym and employer work general and confidential.
Completion, Retention, the Numbers and AI
Make completion a client-led session, open renewals early, read fourteen numbers monthly and use AI for admin only.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
E-book
- The Nutrition Coach Practice Kit: introduction, 10 chapters, conclusion, 2 appendices and 6 hand-drawn figures, about 9,000 words (PDF)
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Nutrition-Coach-Practice-Map: the practice as ten jobs with the file to open at each, your first hour, 'Brand it in five minutes', your first week and a 30/60/90 day plan
Workbooks
- Nutrition Coach Practice Workbook (15 sheets): Start here, Settings, Referral Register, Offer Builder, Leads and Calls, Clients, Referral Log, Income and Expenses, Claims Check Log, Monthly Summary, Source Summary, Programme View, a Dashboard with 23 live measures, a Completion Chart and a Money View
- Programme Pricing and Capacity Calculator (7 sheets): revenue needed and hourly floor, programme pricing check, capacity planner, group break-even and a summary chart
Forms
- Scope statement and coaching agreement checklist (3 pages, fillable)
- Intake and consent form template with a blank screening box for your certifying body's questions (3 pages, fillable, brand-ready)
- Referral form and letter structure (2 pages, fillable, brand-ready)
- Programme completion review and monthly practice review (4 pages, fillable)
Word templates
- Nutrition coach message library: 52 messages in 9 groups, including 8 out-of-scope replies and 6 referral messages
- Client agreement discussion sheet (16 topics) and one-page scope and boundaries policy
- Client documents pack: welcome pack, programme one-pager with a completed example, corporate wellness talk proposal and two ready-to-send letters
- Claims-safe marketing checklist (15 points) and caption bank (19 captions with no health claims)
- Worked example pack: a part-time nutrition coach's first quarter, every main form completed
- AI prompt pack: 32 prompts for admin and marketing, with rules (AI never writes meal plans)
Cheat sheets
- In scope or refer: admin decision card
- Nutrition coach mistakes to avoid
- Numbers that matter: KPI card with 14 formulas
- Nutrition coaching rules by country (correct at October 2026)
Calendar and import
- 30-day practice set-up and monthly review calendar (45 events, ICS)
- Practice task board (33 tasks, CSV for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira)
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to write a scope statement that matches your certifying body and insurance, in plain words
- You will be able to answer out-of-scope requests kindly and consistently, with the exact words ready
- You will be able to run every referral as a consented, logged admin process with a follow-up date
- You will be able to price each programme against an hourly floor built from your own numbers
- You will be able to start every client with a signed agreement, scope statement and completed intake
- You will be able to claims-check every post and use testimonials only with written consent
- You will be able to read the fourteen numbers your practice runs on, every month
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
People who measure before and after improve faster and can show it. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has AI-graded assessments that pair with this kit. Take one now, work through the kit, then re-take it.
Client Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interest Assessment for Professional Services
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentReading Statistics in News, Advertising and Social Media Assessment for Everyday Readers
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Take the assessment →JobularyTurn what you learn into a measured development plan (Jobulary)
Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 6
Open Intake-and-Consent-Form-Template. Page 1 collects contact details and the client's goals in their own words. Page 2 has a blank screening box headed with your certifying body's and insurer's names. Paste their questions there, in their wording. This kit deliberately does not supply health screening questions, because what you must ask, and what an answer means for coaching, is set by them, not by a template. Some fitness-industry certifications point coaches to a recognised pre-activity questionnaire such as the PAR-Q+; use any such tool only in the way your certifying body directs. Page 3 separates consent into two groups. The first four statements are needed to start: scope understood, referral possible, data kept under your privacy notice, changes reported. The last three are optional and separate: contacting a named health professional, being asked later for a quotable comment, and the use of any photos. Never bundle optional consents into the required ones.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | A line in a bio, if anything | A four-box scope statement form, a decision card and a one-page public policy |
| Referral | 'See a dietitian' | A register of partners and routes, consent rules, a referral form and letter, and a log with follow-up flags |
| Intake | A generic health questionnaire of unknown origin | A brand-ready template with a blank box for your certifying body's own screening questions |
| Pricing | Copy a competitor's price | An hourly floor from your numbers and an effective-rate check for every programme |
| Marketing | Results-led captions and before-and-after photos | A 15-point claims checklist, a log, consent wording and 19 captions with no health claims |
| Country rules | US-only or none | A dated sheet on titles, claims and health-data rules across ten-plus countries and regions |
Made for you if…
- Certified nutrition coaches running a practice, full-time or part-time
- Health and wellness coaches whose work includes eating habits
- Personal trainers adding nutrition coaching to their offer
- Gym, studio and wellness business owners who host or employ nutrition coaches
- Coaches who want a clear referral network with dietitians and doctors
- Coaches anywhere in the world, in any currency
Probably not for you if…
- Anyone looking for meal plans, diet templates, calorie or macro calculators or supplement guidance: the kit contains none
- Registered dietitians wanting clinical tools (the admin tools may help, but your scope is set by your regulator)
- People wanting to improve their own eating: see Protein and Plate
Built by trainers, tested in real rooms.
Bodhih Training has designed and delivered corporate programmes since 2008. Bodhih Pro Kits package what works in those workshops into a guide plus the exact tools we use, so you can apply it the same day without a facilitator in the room.
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- STEP 3
Open the first tool
Start with the quick-start chapter, then the main spreadsheet or planner. Most buyers use something from the kit the same day.
Make the scope line visible, then build the practice around it
Open the Start-here map and write your scope statement in the first hour. Whether you start tonight with the four boxes or tomorrow with your referral register, every file you need for the rest of the practice is already here.
Personal licence for the buyer's own use (and use with your own team or clients where the kit says so). Please don't share or resell the files. Team and company licences: solutions@bodhih.com.
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The Nutrition Coach Practice Kit: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkCan a nutrition coach write meal plans?
Usually not: under many coaching credentials and in many countries, personalised meal plans and diet prescriptions are work for registered dietitians and other regulated professionals. What a coach can do is set by the certifying body, insurer and local law. This kit helps you write that scope down and answer meal-plan requests with a kind, consistent referral.
What is the difference between a nutrition coach, a nutritionist and a dietitian?
A registered dietitian is a regulated health professional; in countries such as the UK and Canada the title is protected by law. 'Nutritionist' is protected in some places and not others. A nutrition coach usually works on habits and routines. The dated country sheet in the kit summarises what was verified in October 2026.
Does the kit include screening or health questionnaires?
No, deliberately. The intake template has a blank screening box for the questions your certifying body and insurer require, in their wording. What you must ask, and what an answer means for coaching, is set by them, not by a template.
How should I price my nutrition coaching packages?
Start from your own numbers: the revenue you need divided by the paid hours you can deliver gives an hourly floor. Then count every session, check-in and admin minute in each programme and check its effective hourly rate against the floor. The pricing calculator does this in any currency; prices are always your decision.
Can I use this with my staff or team?
Yes, within your own business under the personal licence: you can use the templates with coaches, trainers or assistants who work for your practice. Company, multi-site and franchise licences are available from solutions@bodhih.com.
Does it work in my country?
The method and the tools work anywhere, in any currency. The dated country sheet covers titles, claims rules and health-data privacy for the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India, the EU, the Philippines and South Africa, with pointers elsewhere. Laws change and differ by state and province, so check them locally with your adviser.
Is this nutrition, medical or legal advice?
No. It is educational business and admin content. It contains no meal plans, targets, supplement guidance or health claims, and its agreements are discussion sheets for a lawyer. Check your certifying body, insurer, accountant, lawyer and local rules before you act.
How can I measure my starting point?
AssessAll, Bodhih's assessment platform, has assessments that fit this kit: Client Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interest Assessment for Professional Services, Reading Statistics in News, Advertising and Social Media Assessment for Everyday Readers, and Freelance & Client Work Judgment. They are sold separately at assessall.com.
How do I turn what I learn into a development plan?
Use the monthly practice review to pick one change a month, and Jobulary's individual development plan guide (jobulary.com/individual-development-plan) to turn the skills you want to build, such as referral conversations or pricing, into a measured plan.
Can I use AI in my nutrition coaching practice?
Yes, for admin and marketing drafts, with rules. The prompt pack has 32 prompts and six rules: AI never writes meal plans or food advice for clients, no identifiable client or health information goes into general AI tools, and you check every output for scope and claims.
How much does The Nutrition Coach Practice Kit cost?
₹999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
