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Fink, Heather Hedrick, author

Practical applications in sports nutrition / - Fifth edition - Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2018]. - xxii, 519 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction to sports nutrition -- Nutrients : ingestion to energy metabolism -- Carbohydrates -- Fats -- Proteins -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- Water -- Nutritional ergogenics -- Nutrition consultation with athletes -- Weight management -- Endurance and ultra-endurance athletes -- Strength/power athletes -- Team sport athletes -- Special populations -- Jobs in sports nutrition

Revised and updated with a full-color design and art program, the Fifth Edition of Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition provides students and practitioners with the latest sports nutrition information and dietary practices so they can assist athletes and fitness enthusiasts in achieving their personal performance goals. With data and statistics from the latest nutrition research and guidelines, it demonstrates effective ways to communicate sports nutrition messages to athletes and how to motivate individuals to make permanent behavior change

ISBN: 9781284101393

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Athletes -- Nutrition.
Exercise -- Physiological aspects.
Sports Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
Sports -- Physiology.
Exercise -- Physiology.
Sports Nutritional Sciences.

Dewey Class. No.: 613.2024796 / F4992 2018