A Plan for Lifestyle & Weight Management

You want to lose weight but have health, lifestyle and fitness barriers getting in the way. A good Lifestyle & Weight Management plan will help you to be able to identify those barriers and help overcome them. You can learn how to assess your fitness and related behaviors, readiness to change and unique training needs. By recognizing what motivates you, you can identify how to effectively communicate your feelings and determine the best way to help you safely achieve your goals.

Developed by leading industry experts, Lifestyle & Weight Management plans highlights the essential relationship between physical activity and nutrition, and illustrates how permanent weight loss is most effectively brought about through a change in lifestyle. Upon successful completion of a Lifestyle & Weight Management plan, you will have demonstrated the ability to apply your knowledge of:

• Psychological aspects of weight management

• Biomechanical and physiological impact of obesity

• Techniques for lifestyle coaching to facilitate behavior change

• Relationship between exercise and nutrition in weight control

• Exercise programming and weight-management strategies and progressions