Sports and exercise nutrition
Sports and Exercise Nutrition, Fourth Edition, offers a one-semester introduction to the basics of nutrition and the effect of nutrition decisions on performance. It focuses on the integration of nutrition and exercise and its impact on optimal exercise performance and training responsiveness. As you progress through the text, you'll learn about nutrient digestion and absorption and how nutrition affects energy and metabolism. Further sections expand on this foundational content to highlight using nutrition to affect performance in different environments, the purpose of supplements and nutritional aids, and how nutrition affects body composition and weight control. Moreover, you'll discover how to make prudent decisions in the nutrition-fitness marketplace. This Fourth Edition incorporates new content and features while maintaining its hallmark writing style. An extensively revised art program provides new and updated graphics to help explain and expand on the content in a unique way. Plus, each section has undergone a major revision, offering you coverage of new and emerging topics in nutrition and exercise as well as the latest research findings
Print Book, English, ©2013
Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health, Philadelphia, ©2013
Manuels d'enseignement
xxix, 681 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
9781451118063, 9781451175738, 1451118066, 1451175736
765487262
The macronutrients
The micronutrients and water
Digestion and absorption of the food nutrients
Nutrient role in bioenergetics
Macronutrient metabolism in exercise and training
Measurement of energy in food and during physical activity
Nutritional recommendations for the physically active person
Nutritional considerations for intense training and sports competition
Making wise choices in the nutrition marketplace
Exercise, thermoregulation, fluid balance, and rehydration
Pharmacologic and chemical ergogenic aids evaluated
Nutritional ergogenic aids evaluated
Body composition assessment and sport-specific observations
Energy balance, exercise, and weight control
Disordered eating
Text in English