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Clinical Weight Loss Coach Diploma

This course is designed for those who want to guide and motivate others toward healthier habits, improved confidence, and long-term lifestyle change. This non-medical course focuses on coaching principles, making it ideal for wellness professionals, personal trainers, nutrition coaches, or anyone passionate about behaviour-based weight support.

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Course overview:

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9 Modules

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Earn reward points

What Will You Learn?

This course is ideal for:

  • Aspiring weight loss coaches who want to gain a strong foundation in nutrition, behavioural change, and client support.
  • Wellness practitioners, personal trainers, and holistic health coaches looking to expand their services with weight management tools.
  • Nutrition enthusiasts interested in understanding how food and lifestyle choices impact weight, energy, and long-term health.
  • Life coaches, therapists, or fitness professionals who want to incorporate mindset and motivational coaching into their client work.
  • Individuals on a personal wellness journey who want to deepen their knowledge and learn how to develop sustainable eating and lifestyle habits.

Whether you're just starting your career or looking to diversify your existing practice, this course will equip you with the practical knowledge and coaching strategies to support others in reaching their goals.

This course contributes towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD), making it a valuable addition to your ongoing learning journey.

Please note: This course is intended for educational and self-development purposes only. It does not provide medical training or qualify you to diagnose, treat, or prescribe for any medical conditions. The information presented is designed to support general wellbeing and healthy lifestyle choices but should not replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

If you or your clients have any underlying health concerns, it is essential to consult a qualified healthcare provider before making any significant dietary or lifestyle changes. Always work within your scope of practice and refer to medical professionals where appropriate.

  • Part 1: What is Weight Loss Coaching?
  • Part 2: Why Do People Want to Lose Weight?
  • Part 3: Common Barriers to Weight-loss and Diet
  • Part 4: Obligations, Commitments and Responsibilities of the WLC
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 1 Assessment

  • Part 1: Digestive Processes
  • Part 2: The Process
  • Part 3: The Digestive Organs
  • Part 4: Physiology of Absorption
  • Part 5: Structure Of An Intestinal Villus
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 2 Assessment

  • Part 1: Body Composition
  • Part 2: Diseases Associated with Obesity
  • Part 3: Reasons for Overeating
  • Part 4: Other Weight-Related Issues
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 3 Assessment

  • Part 1: Understanding the Client’s Diet
  • Part 2: Going Back to Basics
  • Part 3: Healthy Macronutrients and Portion Sizes for Weight Loss A Conventional Guide to Meal Planning and Carbs
  • Part 4: Food Diary
  • Part 5: The Role of Vitamins within the Body
  • Part 6: Supplements for Weight Loss Protein Shakes
  • Part 7: Vegetarian Diet
  • Part 8: Foods to Avoid
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 4 Assessment

  • Part 1: The Effect of Exercise on Weight Loss
  • Part 2: HIIT Training and Weight Loss
  • Part 3: The Concept of Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 5 Assessment

  • Part 1: Structuring a Successful Appointment
  • Part 2: The Initial Consultation
  • Part 3: Building Rapport with Clients
  • Part 4: Client Expectations of the Environment
  • Part 5: Understanding Weight Loss - Stages of Change
  • Part 6: Different Kinds of Eaters
  • Part 7: How to Structure a Weight Loss Coaching Session
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 6 Assessment

  • Part 1: Theories
  • Part 2: Clarifying Weight Loss Goals
  • Part 3: What Are The Various Kinds Of Support to Keep the Client Motivated?
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 7 Assessment

  • Part 1: Weight Loss Coaching (WLC)
  • Part 2: An Overview of Neuro-Linguistic Programming
  • Part 3: The Dickens Process (DP)
  • Part 4: The Anchoring Technique
  • Part 5: Time Line Therapy Technique (TLT)
  • Part 6: Train Journey - TimeLine Script
  • Part 7: Six-Step Reframe Technique for Weight Loss
  • Part 8: Other Coaching Techniques
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 8 Assessment

  • Part 1: The Basics
  • Part 2: Essential Marketing Tips for Getting Started with Clients
  • Part 3: Generate Business from your e-Marketing Plan
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Sample Scripts
  • Module 9 Assessment

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The Clinical Weight Loss Coach will take you up to 150 hours to complete working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace. This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

Many Centre of Excellence courses are Fully Accredited by the world’s leading professional membership association for natural medicine – The Complementary Medical Association (The CMA).

You can apply to join The CMA as a Student Member while you are still studying, and if you do so, you will be eligible to use the post-nominal letters CMA after your name.

Upon graduation from a qualifying course, you will be eligible to apply for CMA Membership, and this will give you numerous professional benefits, including being able to use the letters MCMA after your name – Member of The Complementary Medical Association. This will demonstrate your commitment to excellence and professionalism in the natural healthcare field.

Register with The CMA as a Student or fully qualified Practitioner via the CMA website. You will be asked to submit your certificate of graduation and proof of insurance.

The CMA’s recommended insurers are Westminster global.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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