Sports Nutrition Training & Presentations for Teams and Coaches

Bridge the gap between athletic performance and healthy, sustainable eating habits, especially focusing on the unique challenges athletes face regarding food and body image. As eating disorder dietitian nutritionists, we want to ensure your athletes thrive, both physically and emotionally. We can your team with the necessary tools and evidence-based nutrition education to optimize athletic performance while maintaining a healthy relationship with food and body.

Nutrition Education for Teams

SBSN recognizes that nutrition can be the key differentiator between winning and losing. However, we also understand that sports nutrition can often feel overwhelming, confusing, and rooted in rigid rules that can contribute to disordered eating behaviors.

HAES and Weight Inclusivity Nutrition Support for Teams

By working with one of Side By Side’s sports nutritionists, experts in eating disorder prevention, detection, and treatment, your team can optimize performance and maintain healthy relationships with food and body. We can:

Simplify the fundamentals of sports nutrition.
Focus on promoting long-term health, well-being, and sustained performance.
Provide practical goals to create a plan for nutrition around training, game day, and recovery.

Sports Nutrition for Coaches

Coaches and trainers play a vital and influential role in shaping the beliefs, behaviors, and values of their athletes—often with a lasting impact, both intentional and unintentional. While this role can bring immense joy and fulfillment, it can also create uncertainty, particularly in navigating how to support athletes in an era dominated by diet culture.

Our sports nutrition training program for coaches:

Outlines key principles of sports nutrition
Provides essential strategies for fostering a weight-neutral, supportive environment for athletes
Promotes healthy fueling while reducing the risk of disordered eating, injury, and performance setbacks
Highlights important red flags for disordered eating and provides clear steps to take if an athlete shows signs of an eating disorder
Empowers coaches to support their athletes with confidence and care

Weight-Inclusivity Nutrition Presentations and Training for Teams and Coaches

A dietitian on our team will provide HAES and weight-inclusivity nutrition presentations and training. This covers the following areas:

Body Acceptance and Intuitive Eating:

We encourage team members to respect their bodies at any size, promote self-compassion, and recognize that all bodies deserve care and respect.
We teach intuitive eating, which focuses on listening to hunger and fullness cues rather than dieting or restricting food.

Health Beyond Weight, Debunking Diet culture:

We challenge dieting trends. Many athletes may fall into the trap of restrictive diets, believing this leads to better performance, or to meet certain body expectations. We will explain why extreme dieting or unhealthy habits can hinder performance and long-term health.
We teach that health is multi-dimensional and not solely defined by body weight or appearance.
We educate the team about the harmful effects of dieting and restrictive eating, and we promote a mindset that values sustainability, balance, and flexibility with food.
We challenge the traditional narrative that weight loss is necessary for better health.
We show that various body types can be healthy and competitive for sports, and we focus on respecting and accepting different body types and how athletes’ bodies can differ in function even when they look different externally.

Supporting Diverse Health Goals:

We help team members set non-weight-related goals that focus on improving their health behaviors (e.g., increasing energy levels, building strength, improving mental health) without the pressure of weight loss.
We emphasize non-judgmental support for all health goals and focus on long-term lifestyle changes rather than quick fixes.

Creating a Positive Team Environment:

We encourage collaboration and support within the team for healthier food choices, physical activity, and mental well-being, while honoring personal preferences and choices.
We create a safe, body-positive environment where athletes and coaches talk about body image, eating struggles, or performance anxieties in a supportive, non-judgmental environment.
Teams can develop a culture where supporting each other’s health and well-being is prioritized over weight or appearance-focused goals.

Schedule your presentation today!

Our Team of ED Dietitian Nutritionists, HAES Medical Nutrition Counselors

The Side by Side Nutrition team has a team of 12+ outpatient registered dietitians. We provide online nutrition counseling to patients in Colorado and around the country. We offer one-on-one and family nutrition counseling for patients either online or in person, with offices located in Colorado Springs and Fort Collins. We specialize in eating disorder recovery and body image healing.

RD - Registered Dietitian
RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
MS - Masters of Science

As specialists in ED nutrition counseling our mission is rooted in compassion. We:

Strive to create a safe and nurturing space for individuals on their journey to wellness.
Understand the profound impact that eating disorders can have on one's life.
Are committed to fostering a supportive community where every client feels seen, heard, and understood.
Work from an intuitive eating, HAES (Health at Every Size) Informed Approach.
Believe everyone has the right to high-quality care – accessibility and inclusivity are at the core of our values.
Stand firm in our belief in the possibility of full recovery.
Continually invest in our education to stay at the forefront of the field.
Are committed to ongoing learning.
Channel all our resources into becoming the best eating disorder nutritionist counselors.
Are dedicated to guiding our clients toward a life of lasting health and empowerment.