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Institute for Integrative Nutrition

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The Institute for Integrative Nutrition is a nutrition school based in New York City. IIN offers an online health coach training program t…
Accreditation
BBB accredited business

Accredited Since: 2/11/2011

Years in Business: 28

BBB Rating
A+

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Overview

The Institute for Integrative Nutrition is a nutrition school based in New York City. IIN offers an online health coach training program to students around the world. Upon completing the nutrition program, students receive a health coaching certificate and many go on to establish health coaching businesses and have fulfilling careers.

Products & Services

Health Coach Training Program, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach certificate, Education on different dietary theories, Business training and coaching practice, Educational partnerships for college credit

Business Details

Location of This Business
245 5th Ave Fl 7, New York, NY 10016-8718

BBB File Opened:7/2/2008
Years in Business:28
Business Started:6/1/1992
Business Incorporated:6/1/1992
Accredited Since:2/11/2011
Licensing Information:
This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
Type of Entity:Corporation
Alternate Business Name
  • IIN
  • Integrative Nutrition
  • Nutrition School
Additional Contact Information

Fax Numbers

  • (212) 730-5346
    Primary Fax

Email Addresses

  • Technical Support
  • Customer Service

Customer Complaints

17 Customer Complaints

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Most Recent Customer Complaint
Complaint Type: Billing/Collection Issues
Status: Resolved
anonymous user
I contacted IIN to enroll in their program on 3/**/2020. I signed up and gave the admissions rep, Susana, my account information, etc... I decided on 3/**/2020 that due to the pandemic, pursuing school would not be a good financial decision at this time. I contacted Susana on 3/** via email requesting information about the withdrawal policy. She advised me to contact the student support team. I contacted them and the agent I spoke with stated that she could not assist me and someone would contact me the next business day to further advise. I went ahead and reviewed my enrollment agreement which specifies the following: “ Refund Policy IIN’s Health Coach Training program is 100% online, and is therefore follows the cancellation and refund policy outlined in NY Personal Property Law, section 412-a. If you cancel this contract, IIN may keep only five percent of the cash price, but not to exceed fifty dollars, and a portion of the contract price based upon the lessons or services you have used. You may notify the seller of your intent to cancel by mail, addressed to Institute for Integrative Nutrition at *** ***** ******* *** ****** *** ***** *** **** *****. 1. No person, including any business entity, may contract to receive, or demand, in the event of cancellation of a contract for future services, more than the total of: a. five percent of the cash price, but not to exceed fifty dollars, and b. a pro rata portion of the total price, representing the proportion of services used or completed. In addition, the seller may receive or demand the cost of any ancillary goods which the buyer has consumed or wishes to retain after cancellation of the contract. In no instance shall the seller collect more than the full contract price from the buyer. 2. Within ten days after a contract for future consumer services has been cancelled, the seller shall tender to the buyer any payments made in excess of the amounts permitted to be retained pursuant to subdivision two of this section. 3. Cancellation shall occur: a. when the buyer mails to the seller notice of his intent to cancel, or b. where the seller has actual notice of the buyer's intention to cancel, or c. where the buyer fails to attend consecutive scheduled classes or lessons constituting at least twenty-five percent of the total lessons or time contracted for, without informing the seller in writing that he intends to remain enrolled.” I emailed a letter on 3/**/2020 to ensure I covered my bases as I waited to speak to a rep. at the school. I called around 10 times in 2 weeks and never once had a person pick up the phone. I proceeded to leave a voicemail on one account as well as sent a follow up email to the financial services department requesting an update on the receipt of my letter and/or further direction on withdrawal. I received an email from Raquel stating someone would reach out to me, no one reached out until I sent a follow up email 2 days later informing her no one had. Susana called me, I did miss her due to my work schedule, I attempted to call her back and again, no one answered. I sent her a follow up email and she seemed completely uninformed and asked me why I am withdrawing. I have sent Susana all records of my attempts to contact the school. My concern is now we are beyond the “10 day time period” specified in the enrollment agreement and I have no way of knowing they received my letter and I was not able to get ahold of any staff member to find another alternative (if needed).
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Customer Reviews

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Most Recent Customer Review
anonymous user

Molly K

07/29/2020

I wish I could offer zero stars. If you are even slightly questioning this program I strongly urge you to reconsider. This “institute” is questionable if you do some simple ****** searching. There are many reports of dissatisfaction from graduates as well as employees working for the business. My experience was as a student in the program. I was enrolled in this program in 2018 after some very aggressive and suggestive phone calls from their sales team. I refuse to call anyone employed by this business anything other than a sales person. Their interests and goals are to make money which is grotesquely obvious by their outdated and embarrassing course content. The information you end up paying well over $5,000 for after tuition and many, many additional fees is offensively simplistic. I will honestly tell you that there is much more intelligent, informative and educational info available in a free ****** search or free tutorial offered by many practicing nutritionists and/or coaches. It is below a child-level education. The claim that countless experts teach the courses is a joke. They are decades old, poorly recorded, horribly edited videos from random speaking engagements that these people have given. Again, content that you can attain for free in the depths of the internet. The coursework is mind-numbingly simplistic and hardly serves any purpose. The online platform is severely outdated and impractical. Overall, this program seems far from legitimate and I’m honestly shocked to see them still operating. I can not encourage you enough to take your business elsewhere. If you are honestly seeking some form of certificate in order to begin your work seek elsewhere- I wouldn’t trust someone with a certificate from IIN to babysit a pet rock. There are amazing programs for nutritional therapy that are incredibly informative and helpful. Stay away from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. If I could go back in time and save my money I would- lesson learned to do more research before being assertively talked into something over the phone. And also, don’t give them your contact info unless you are ready to be obsessively contacted by them. I received daily phone calls and emails from multiple staff members prior to my enrollment and even after I resigned from the program. I have had to block over half a dozen different email addresses addresses from the business. They are predatory sales people. Honestly it is a nightmare.
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Products & Services

Health Coach Training Program, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach certificate, Education on different dietary theories, Business training and coaching practice, Educational partnerships for college credit

Business Details

Location of This Business
245 5th Ave Fl 7, New York, NY 10016-8718

BBB File Opened:7/2/2008
Years in Business:28
Business Started:6/1/1992
Business Incorporated:6/1/1992
Accredited Since:2/11/2011
Licensing Information:
This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
Type of Entity:Corporation
Alternate Business Name
  • IIN
  • Integrative Nutrition
  • Nutrition School
Additional Contact Information

Fax Numbers

  • (212) 730-5346
    Primary Fax

Email Addresses

  • Technical Support
  • Customer Service

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