Sport Nutrition (Hons) with Foundation Year Liverpool John Moores University

Overview

The Sport Nutrition (Hons) with Foundation Year programme from Liverpool John Moores University  offers excellent employment opportunities in a wide field of careers associated with sports nutrition.

This interesting and engaging degree programme will enable you to understand the rapidly changing challenges facing sport nutrition. 

You could specialise in areas such as how muscles adapt to exercise, using nutrition to boost performance, sports supplements, the effects of poor diets on metabolism, personalised nutrition and related research. After graduation, career opportunities include working as a performance nutritionist, in nutrition consultancy, public health directorates and product development within the multi-billion pound food industry. 

Career prospects

The course covers a range of sectors meaning you will be well placed to secure employment in a number of different roles. Successfully completing the programme allows you to progress onto LJMU’s MSc Sport Nutrition, leading to careers as sports or performance nutritionists with sports clubs, national governing bodies or individual athletes. 

You could also work in the health sector as a registered nutritionist, promote health and physical activity in the community, as an assistant dietetic practitioner in clinical settings, or join the food and sports nutrition industry in research and product development.