Certificate courses and diploma courses in nutritional therapy are not federally recognized. The situation is different for the Bachelor's degree course in Nutritionist BSc, the subsequent Master's degree course "Master of Science in Life Sciences with specialization in Food, Nutrition and Health" and MAS (Master of Advanced Studies) continuing education courses. It is also possible to take the Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE) in Psychosocial Counseling with a federal diploma following the Nutritional-Psychological Counseling course.

Training courses in nutrition therapy take about one year and are partly embedded in the framework of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine). They generally comprise 130-170 hours of classroom instruction and require basic medical knowledge and, in some cases, basic nutritional knowledge. Continuing education, further training in nutritional therapy is aimed at medical professionals such as naturopaths, therapists, pharmacists and druggists.

If you don't have the appropriate basic education, you shouldn't immediately switch to nutrition.therapybut first of all theNutritionconsulting.

Current course dates and exact details of the scope of continuing education, further training in nutrition therapy can be obtained directly from the schools via our contact form.

No previous knowledge is required to train as a nutritional therapist. You will learn everything you need to know for your future work in nutritional counseling during the course.

The cost of training to become a nutritional therapist varies greatly depending on the school and the scope of the course. For example, training to become a qualified nutritionist SPA costs CHF 5,600, training to become a qualified nutrition therapist SPA costs CHF 22,800, training in nutritional-psychological counselling IKP costs around CHF 25,000 and continuing education, further training in individualized nutrition therapy costs around CHF 8,000.