Concepts and Issues in Sports Nutrition

Contents: 1. Scientific concepts of nutrition. 2. Nutrition for health. 3. Nutritional needs and prevention of diseases. 4. Alcohol and nutrition. 5. Nutrition for sports--a critical study. 6. Nutritional aspects of sports. 7. Evaluation of nutrition in sports. 8. Nutrition and athlete. 9. Basic nutritional principles. 10. Dietary plan and assessment. References.

"The present study entitled Concepts and Issues in Sports Nutrition deals with a number of important and current topics in sports nutrition that we hope will be of general interest to those concerned with this subject. An unwillingness to alter lifestyle to meet sound nutritional standards and concessions to convenience are often at the heart of it. In our fast paced society, people opt to skip meals, especially breakfast, or to eat a poorly balanced meal at a fast-food restaurant. Many parents and teachers fail to provide good examples for their students concerning nutritional habits.

The present book is a painstaking effort which is the result of the outstanding and vital studies in the field of sports nutrition and sports science. The present book is intended for those students and practitioners who have selected sports nutrition as their major field of study and work, or for those who otherwise have need for a general orientation to health education as a process or as a distinct profession.

Hopefully, the present book will be very useful for the physical educators, nutritionalists, health educators, coaches, athletes, students and teachers of physical education and sports." (jacket)