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Nutrition and Sport :Advances in Sport and Exercise Sciences Series

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This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States.
It addresses the key issues relating to sport and exercise nutrition by employing a critical review perspective. Sport and exercise nutrition has been recognised as a major component of any sports science/studies course for many years now. In this book, Don Mclaren has bought together many of the key issues in the field, written by recognised experts, to provide an outstanding sports nutrition treatise. The chapters focus on the key areas endemic to any sports nutrition programme.

Contents :
1. Assessment of energy expenditure
2. Dietary survey methods
3. Carbohydrate as an Energy Source for Sport and Exercise
4. The role of fats as an energy source
5. Protein and Amino Acid Requirements for Athletes
6. Micronutrients Important for Exercise
7. Maintenance of fluid balance in sport and exercise
8. Antioxidants and Free Radicals
9. Dietary supplements and nutritional ergogenic aids
10. Nutritional Concerns of Female Athletes
11. Chronobiology and Nutrition
12. The Practical Aspects of Sports Nutrition

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Call Number

613.7 MAC n

Publisher

Edinburgh ; London ; New York : Elsevier., 2007

Collation

xii+260hlm.;15x23cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-443-10341-4

Classification

613.7

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Subject(s)

Athletes - Nutrition
Physical fitness - Nutritional aspects
Sports - physiology
Exercise - physiology
Nutrition Physiology

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