This course will provide the Health Fitness Professional with a background in general and exercise nutrition, energy balance and weight management concepts while emphasizing the use of practical information to help guide clients towards healthier lifestyle choices. Through examining the role nutrition plays in health, fitness and exercise performance and investigation of current nutrition trends and research, the Health Fitness Professional will be able to sort through nutritional misinformation so that they may provide clients with sound nutritional coaching within their scope of practice.Prerequisites: Placement into ENGL110M and placement into MATH145M.