Sports and Exercise Nutrition provides a strong foundation in the science of exercise nutrition and bioenergetics and explains how these principles work in the real world of human physical activity and sports competition.

Sports and Exercise Nutrition, Second Edition has separate, detailed chapters on nutrition recommendations for physically active persons and recommendations geared specifically to those in intense training and sports competition.

Case study activities in each chapter involve readers in specific nutritional assessment problems.

Sports and Exercise Nutrition addresses current issues such as low-carbohydrate diets, obesity, various food pyramids, and the special needs of children, the elderly, and pregnant and lactating women.

Sports and Exercise Nutrition includes two CD-ROMs.

Contents:

1. The macronutrients
2. The micronutrients and water
3. Digestion and absorption of the food nutrients
4. Nutrient role in bioenergetics
5. Macronutrient metabolism in exercise and training
6. Measurement of energy in food and during physical activity
7. Nutritional recommendations for the physically active person
8. Nutritional considerations for intense training and sports competition
9. Making wise choices in the nutrition marketplace
10. Exercise thermoregulation, fluid balance, and rehydration
11. Pharmacologic and chemical ergogenic aids evaluated
12. Nutritional ergogenic aids evaluated
13. Body composition assessment and sport-specific observations
14. Energy balance, exercise, and weight control
15. Disordered eating

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