Nutrition coaching in Germany: What health insurances reimburse (2025)
Last updated by KoaVie · January 22, 2025
Many health insurances offer reimbursement programs for nutrition coaching partly or in full..
Find out if your health insurance covers the costs and benefit from affordable and professional nutrition coaching..
What does nutrition coaching cost?
In Germany, the prices for a coaching session usually range between €70 and €100 for initial consultations and €30 to €50 for follow-up consultations.
The duration of the coaching often extends over a period of three to six months - a timeframe considered ideal for changing habits - and includes between one and five sessions.
Depending on the respective diagnosis, additional appointments may also be beneficial. Professional nutritional coaching helps people in the short term with acute concerns and has a positive impact on their entire future life, as they acquire knowledge as well as healthy habits and techniques that will positively affect their life from now on.
This is also recognized by many health insurers and they financially support their insured individuals with the costs for nutrition coaching. The investment in coaching and the promotion of sustainable changes in eating habits significantly increase the chances that higher follow-up costs, for which the health insurance would otherwise have to pay, can be avoided.
How much do statutory health insurance funds pay??
The amount of cost reimbursement for nutrition coaching varies among statutory health insurance funds..
Here you will find an overview.:
Requirements for reimbursement
Requirement 1: Selection of a qualified professional with accredited training.
Health insurance companies only reimburse nutrition coaching by professionals with qualified vocational training. in nutrition.
Often, the professional must be able to show a valid certification from a relevant professional association.
Selection of vocational training in the field of nutrition
- Consulting dietitian
- Bachelor of Science, e.g. Nutritional Science/Oecotrophology
- Nutritional Scientist
- Diploma Engineer in Nutrition and Hygiene Technology, focus in Nutrition Technology
- Nutritional Scientist
- Diploma Engineer in Nutrition and Supply Management
- Diploma Oecotrophologist, major in Nutrition
- Master of Science, field of study in Nutritional Science
Certifications from professional associations
- VFED: Nutrition Specialist of the Association for Nutrition and Dietetics e.V..
- DGE: Nutrition Specialist of the German Society for Nutrition e.V..
- QUETHEB: Nutrition Specialist of the German Society of Qualified Nutrition Therapists and Nutrition Advisors e.V..
- VDOE: Nutrition Specialist of the Professional Association of Oecotrophology e.V..
- VDD: Nutrition Specialist of the Association of Dietitians – German Federal Association e.V..
Here on KoaVie, you can easily see whether the consultation by your advisor can be reimbursed by the health insurance. Look for the designation Reimbursement possible on the advisor profile.
Katharina Breitenbach
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- Dietitian
- Berlin
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Cost reimbursement possible
Requirement 2: Medical prescription or attestation of necessity
Almost all health insurances require a medical necessity certificate for reimbursement of costs. This certificate is completed and signed by the doctor to certify the necessity of nutritional consulting to the health insurance. Download the medical necessity certificate for presentation to the doctor here. Bring this certificate with you to your next doctor's visit and ask your doctor to fill it out.
Here you will find a selection of medical conditions for which a medical necessity certificate is typically issued.
Requirement 3: Original invoice and certificate of participation
Make sure to have your advisor send you an invoice and possibly also a certificate of participation.
The invoice is very important for health insurance companies to calculate the exact amount for reimbursement..