Suleta Katie, Davis Jonathan M
HCA Healthcare Graduate Medical Education, Denver, Colorado.
Westat, Rockville, Maryland.
HCA Healthc J Med. 2025 Apr 1;6(2):147-150. doi: 10.36518/2689-0216.1919. eCollection 2025.
Health coaching is a field that is growing in popularity. Health coaching is not regulated and there is no standard for background, education, or training for those acting as health coaches. The purpose of this study was to investigate the burgeoning field of health coaching: who is performing it and common practices.
A total of 560 health coaching websites were reviewed to record educational backgrounds, recommendations for supplements, and the sale of supplements and/or other wellness products. Multivariable logistic regression was used to test associations between characteristics of health coaches and whether they recommend supplements, sell supplements, or sell other wellness products.
The sample was mostly female without an applicable associate or bachelor's degree listed practicing without national board certification. Twenty-nine percent recommended supplements, approximately 17% sold supplements, and 17% sold other wellness products. Of those without national board certification, nearly a quarter sold supplements. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify associations between characteristics and supplement recommendations or selling supplements or other wellness products.
As health coaching develops, it is important to understand who is practicing as a health coach and common health coaching practices in the field.
健康指导是一个日益流行的领域。健康指导不受监管，对于担任健康指导者的人员，其背景、教育或培训没有标准。本研究的目的是调查新兴的健康指导领域：谁在从事这一工作以及常见做法。
共审查了560个健康指导网站，以记录教育背景、补充剂推荐以及补充剂和/或其他健康产品的销售情况。使用多变量逻辑回归来检验健康指导者的特征与他们是否推荐补充剂、销售补充剂或销售其他健康产品之间的关联。
样本大多为女性，未列出适用的副学士学位或学士学位，且在没有国家委员会认证的情况下执业。29%的人推荐补充剂，约17%的人销售补充剂，17%的人销售其他健康产品。在没有国家委员会认证的人中，近四分之一销售补充剂。使用多变量逻辑回归来确定特征与补充剂推荐或销售补充剂或其他健康产品之间的关联。
随着健康指导的发展，了解谁在担任健康指导者以及该领域常见的健康指导做法很重要。
