ASFA Sports Nutritionist Certification

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Certification: ASFA Sports Nutritionist Certification

Sponsor: American Sports and Fitness Association, LLC

Required Education: None.

Required Experience: None.

Required Membership: None.

Required Test: Unproctored, web-based, no references.

Fees: $85.

The ASFA Sports Nutritionist Certification should not be accepted as a valid endorsement for any sports, fitness, or nutrition professional. Certification is based solely on an unmoderated 75-question true/false and multiple-choice test. There are no prerequests, identification verification, nor any other requirement than a valid credit card or PayPal account. The test itself has no identified author(s), sources, reviews, or professional evaluations noted.

The test itself may be taken multiple times without penalty. Incorrect answers are visibly noted so the test-taker may revise their answers. No sports, fitness, or nutrition knowledge is actually required to successfully pass the test after the prompts. No fee is required until the test is passed; afterwards, a simple down-loadable PDF is made availablele.

There is no “Association” behind the American Sports and Fitness Association. According to the Missouri Secretary of State, this organization is a simple LLC owned by a single person. It appears to have been formed in 2007. The domain was recently changed to a private registration company to mask ownership, but the company is owned by a Kurt Lippman and located in an apartment in St. Louis, MO.