Now widely adopted on courses throughout the world, the prestigious Nutrition Society Textbook series provides students with the scientific basics in nutrition in the context of a systems and disease approach rather than on a nutrient by nutrient basis. In addition books provide a means to enable teachers and students to explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times.
This NS Textbook on Sport and Exercise Nutrition has been written to cover the latest information on the science and practice of sport and exercise nutrition. A key concept behind this textbook is that it aims to combine the viewpoints of world leading nutrition experts from both academia/research and a practical stand point. Plus where necessary there are additional practitioner based authors to ensure theory is translated into practice for each chapter in the form of either ‘practice tips' or ‘information sheets' at the end of relevant chapters.
The textbook in essence can be divided into three distinct but integrated parts:
Part 1: covers the key components of the science that supports the practice of sport and exercise nutrition including comprehensive reviews on: nutrients both in general and as exercise fuels; exercise physiology; hydration, micronutrients; and supplements. Part 2: moves into focusing on specific nutrition strategies to support different types of training including: resistance; power/sprint; middle distance/speed endurance; endurance; technical/skill, team; and specific competition nutrition needs.
The unique format of this textbook is that it breaks down nutrition support into training specific as opposed to the traditional sport specific support. This reflects the majority of current sport and exercise requirements of the need to undertake concurrent training and therefore facilitating targeted nutrition support to the different training components through the various macro and micro training cycles. Part 3: explores some of the practical issues encountered in working in the sport and exercise nutrition field and includes key sport related topics such as: disability sport; weight management; eating disorders; bone and gut health; immunity; injury; travel; and special populations and situations.
READERSHIP: Students of nutrition and dietetics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. All those working in the field of nutrition and related health sciences.
Contributors vii Series Foreword ix Preface xi 1 Nutrient Basics 1 Adam L Collins, Penny J Hunking and Samantha J Stear 2 Exercise Physiology 16 Susan M Shirreffs 3 Exercise Biochemistry 20 Stuart DR Galloway 4 Carbohydrate 31 Asker Jeukendrup and Clyde Williams 5 Protein and Amino Acids 41 Peter WR Lemon 6 Fat Metabolism 51 Bente Kiens and John A Hawley 7 Fluids and Electrolytes 59 Susan M Shirreffs 8 Micronutrients 66 Vicki Deakin 9 Supplements and Ergogenic Aids 89 Hans Braun, Kevin Currell and Samantha J Stear 10 Nutrition for Weight and Resistance Training 120 Stuart M Phillips, Keith Baar and Nathan Lewis 11 Nutrition for Power and Sprint Training 134 Nicholas A Burd and Stuart M Phillips 12 Nutrition for Middle-Distance and Speed-Endurance Training 146 Trent Stellingwerff and Bethanie Allanson 13 Nutrition for Endurance and Ultra-Endurance Training 158 Andrew Bosch and Karlien M Smit 14 Nutrition for Technical and Skill-Based Training 173 Shelly Meltzer and Neil Hopkins 15 Nutrition for Disability Athletes 188 Jeanette Crosland and Elizabeth Broad 16 Competition Nutrition 200 Louise M Burke 17 Losing, Gaining and Making Weight for Athletes 210 Helen O'Connor and Gary Slater 18 Eating Disorders and Athletes 233 Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen and Ina Garthe 19 Bone Health 244 Charlotte (Barney) Sanborn, David L Nichols and Nancy M DiMarco 20 Nutrition and the Gastrointestinal Tract for Athletes 264 Jeni Pearce and John O Hunter 21 Immunity 281 Glen Davison and Richard J Simpson 22 Travel 304 Bronwen Lundy and Elizabeth Broad 23 Population Groups: I 316 Children Fiona Pelly Female Athletes Nanna L Meyer Masters Penny J Hunking 24 Population Groups: II 335 Ethnic Groups Weileen Png Vegetarian/Vegan Athletes Wendy Martinson The Injured Athlete: Surgery and Rehabilitation Nicola Maffulli and Filippo Spiezia 25 Training and Competition Environments 357 Joanne L Fallowfield, Joseph DJ Layden and Adrian J Allsopp Index 375 Visit the supporting companion website for this book: www.wiley.com/go/sport_and_exercise_nutrition
Professor Susan A Lanham-New, University of Surrey, UK. Dr Samantha J Stear, Performance Influencers Limited; Formerly, English Institute of Sport, UK. Dr Susan M Shirreffs, Loughborough University, UK. Dr Adam L Collins, University of Surrey, UK.
Reviews for Sport and Exercise Nutrition
"""This is an excellent resource for readers interested in furthering their understanding of sport and exercise nutrition through a combined scientific and practical approach. It is well organized and does a great job of focusing on the key points, allowing readers to decide to what extent they would like to further their knowledge in a particular subdiscipline."" (Doody's, 20 January 2012) "
