Lifestyle + Weight Management Consultant Certification


 ACE® Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultants assist clients in creating new, healthier behaviors.


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Your clients want to lose weight. They come to you for help. The ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification demonstrates to your clients that you have the knowledge to develop sound, balanced weight-management programs that bring together the three critical components of long-term weight management success: nutrition, exercise and lifestyle change.

Many of your clients have health, lifestyle and fitness barriers to overcome. As an ACE-certified Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant, you will be able to identify those barriers and design plans to overcome them. You will learn to assess your clients' body composition and unique training needs. By recognizing what motivates them, you can identify how to effectively communicate your advice and determine the best way to help them safely achieve their goals.

Developed by leading industry experts, the ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification 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. Topics range from the psychological aspects of weight management, behavioral change, the physiology of obesity, techiniques for lifestyle coaching and the interaction between exercise and nutrition in weight control.

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To get started, simply complete a paper and pencil or computer-based testing exam registration form a minimum of 45 days prior to the exam date.


Am I eligible for Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant certification?
The following eligibility requirements have been adopted for our Lifestyle & Weight Management certification exam:
  • • You must be at least 18 years of age.
  • • You must hold current adult CPR and AED certificate the time of the exam.*
  • • You must hold a current ACE® Personal Trainer, Advanced Health & Fitness Specialist or Group Fitness Instructor Certification; or an NCCA-accredited fitness-related certification; or hold a four-year (bachelor's) degree in Exercise Science or a related field.
*You may sit for the Paper and Pencil exam without proof of CPR and AED; however, you will not receive your exam results until you provide a CURRENT CPR and AED Certificate. Candidates registering for computer-based testing must have a CURRENT CPR and AED certificate at the time of registration that does not expire prior to the exam date.

*Note: Effective January 1, 2009 all new and renewing ACE-certified professionals in the U.S. and Canada must hold both a current CPR and AED card to sit for or renew an ACE certification. ACE exam candidates and renewing ACE-certified professionals outside the U.S. and Canada are required to hold only current CPR due to differing international laws regarding AED usage.

Registrants must submit documentation supporting eligibility including NCCA-accredited certification and/or Exercise Science-related degree at the time of registration. Registrants holding degrees in Nutrition, Nursing or Health may be required to submit documentation supporting completion of Exercise Science-related coursework at the time of registration.


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ACE Code of Ethics
ACE-certified professionals are guided by the American Council on Exercise's principles of professional conduct.