Professional Ethics and Practice Flashcards
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A macro coach is asked by a client to recommend specific supplements to treat their iron-deficiency anemia. The coach should:
Answer: Explain that diagnosing and treating medical conditions is outside a coach's scope of practice and refer the client to their physician
Diagnosing and treating medical conditions — including recommending therapeutic doses of supplements for deficiencies — is within the scope of practice of licensed medical professionals, not nutrition coaches.
A macro coach discovers a colleague is marketing their services with the claim that their coaching can 'cure type 2 diabetes.' This is ethically problematic because:
Answer: It constitutes an unauthorized medical claim that could mislead vulnerable clients and is outside the scope of nutrition coaching practice
Claiming to 'cure' a medical condition is an unauthorized medical claim. Nutrition coaches cannot diagnose, treat, or cure diseases — this misleads clients, creates false hope, and exposes the coach to significant legal and ethical liability.
When storing client health and body composition data, a macro coach's primary ethical obligation is to:
Answer: Maintain confidentiality and use secure storage methods, sharing client data only with explicit client consent
Client data — including body composition, health history, and food logs — is private health information. Coaches are ethically (and often legally) obligated to maintain confidentiality and obtain explicit consent before sharing any client data.
A prospective client asks a macro coach to guarantee they will lose 20 lbs in 30 days. The ethical coach response is to:
Answer: Explain that results depend on multiple individual factors, decline to make specific guarantee claims, and set realistic expectations
Guaranteeing specific results is unethical because outcomes depend on many variables outside the coach's control (adherence, genetics, medical factors). Ethical coaches set honest, realistic expectations.
A macro coach is in an ongoing education requirement period and hasn't completed their CEUs yet. A client asks for advice on a nutrition topic the coach is not fully current on. The ethical response is to:
Answer: Acknowledge the limits of their current knowledge on that specific topic, provide what they can within their competence, and direct the client to additional resources or a specialist
Professional integrity requires acknowledging the limits of one's knowledge. Providing advice beyond one's competence is an ethical violation — admitting uncertainty and directing to resources demonstrates professionalism.
Which of the following situations MOST clearly represents a conflict of interest for a macro coach?
Answer: A coach receives financial commissions for recommending specific supplements to clients without disclosing this to them
Receiving undisclosed financial commissions for product recommendations is a direct conflict of interest — the coach's financial incentive may influence recommendations contrary to the client's best interest.
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