Home / Healthcare & Medicine / Nutrition / Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Providing Nutritional Advice to Your Clients / Specific clients at risk when we provide nutritional information
Specific clients at risk when we provide nutritional information
Clients at risk 1 & 2
© CQUniversity 2021
There are specific clients that are more at risk when we provide nutritional information, some common groups to remember are:
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Very underweight, overweight or obese
- Impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose or strong family history of type 2 diabetes
- Type 1 or type 2 diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease, renal disease or liver disease
- Food allergies and intolerances
- Diagnosed with, undergoing treatment for, or recovering from cancer
- Frail or elderly
- Mental illness
- High intensity and high volume exercise or sport
- Other health conditions affected by nutrition.
In all the cases of specific or at risk populations mentioned above, you must ensure that clients are referred to an appropriately qualified allied health or medical professional including but not limited to; Dietitians or Sports Dietitians for nutrition advice.
© CQUniversity 2021
This article is from the online course:
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Providing Nutritional Advice to Your Clients
Created by
This article is from the free online
Personal Trainer's Toolkit: Providing Nutritional Advice to Your Clients
Reach your personal and professional goals
Unlock access to hundreds of expert online courses and degrees from top universities and educators to gain accredited qualifications and professional CV-building certificates.
Join over 18 million learners to launch, switch or build upon your career, all at your own pace, across a wide range of topic areas.
