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Nutrition and Sport

Advances in Sport and Exercise Science

  • 1st Edition - June 14, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Don MacLaren
  • Editor: Neil Spurway
  • Language: English

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… Read more

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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.

Key features

· Structured in an easy accessible way for students and lecturers
· Well referenced, including a further reading list with each chapter.
· Written by a group of highly experienced experts.

Readership

Undergraduate students in sport science (Undergraduate modules in exercise physiology (BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences), exercise science, human physiology, biomedical sciences. The more practical aspects may also be of interest to athletes, coaches and team doctors.

Table of contents

Contributors. Foreword. Preface. Chapter 1 - asessment of energy expenditure (Klaas R Westerterp). Chapter 2 - Dietary survey methods (Allan Hackett). Chapter 3 - Carbohydrate as an energy source for sport and exercise (Clyde Williams). Chapter 4 - The role of fats as an energy source (Asker Jeukendrup). Chapter 5 - Protein and amino acid requirements for athletes (Joanna Bowtell). Chapter 6 - Micronutrients important for exercise (Kathleen Woolf and Melinda M. Manore). Chapter 7 - Maintenance of fluid balance in sport and exercise (Susan Shirreffs). Chapter 8 - Antioxidants and free radicals (Graeme L. Close). Chapter 9 - Dietary supplements and nutritional ergogenic aids (R.J. Maughan). Chapter 10 - Nutritional concerns of female athletes (Katherine A. Beals). Chapter 11 - Chronobiology and nutrition (J. Waterhouse, G. Atkinson, B. Edwards, B. Drust and T. Reilly). Chapter 12 - The practical aspects of sports nutrition (Jeanette Crosland). Index.

Review quotes

"This text will remain a heavily used item on my bookshelf as I prepare lecture content and learning aids, assist students in their post graduate research, and even assist my own development of research questions and
methodological design. I thoroughly recommend this
text for all exercise physiologists, sport and exercise scientists, and utritionists/dieticians."
Robert A.Robergs, School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia. Physical Therapy in Sport 9(2008)209–210

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 27, 2007
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Neil Spurway

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor of Exercise Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

About the author

DM

Don MacLaren

Editor of over 5 books and book chapters, and over 50 peer reviewed scientific papers. Fellow of the European College of Sports Sciences; Fellow of the British Association of Sport & Exercise Sciences; Chair 'Sports Nutrition Interest Group' - BASES; Committee member - Nutrition Society's 'Sports & Exercise Nutrition Working Party'
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Sports Nutrition, School of Sport & Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

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