Background: Nutrition fuels optimal performance for athletes. With increased research
developments, numerous diets available, and publicity from professional athletes, a review …

Sport Nutrition for Health and Performance, Second Edition, will help students and
practitioners understand the function of the nutrients in the body and how these nutrients …

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (Academy), Dietitians of Canada
(DC), and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) that the performance of, and …

It is the position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, and the
American College of Sports Medicine that the performance of, and recovery from, sporting …

Nutrition usually makes a small but potentially valuable contribution to successful
performance in elite athletes, and dietary supplements can make a minor contribution to this …

Revised and updated to keep pace with changes in the field, the Fifth Edition of Practical
Applications in Sports Nutrition provides students and practitioners with the latest sports …

The objective of this study was to describe barriers influencing dietary practices of elite-level
athletes using a focus-group design involving discussions with elite-level athletes, coaches …

As knowledge and practice of sports nutrition become increasingly sophisticated, there is
new appreciation of the fact that basketball players, runners, gymnasts--all athletes--have …

Many athletes do not achieve sound nutritional practices to optimize their sports
performance. Factors include poor nutrition knowledge, dietary extremism, poor practical …

During the past 20 years there have been great developments in the scientific
understanding of the role of nutrition in health and physical performance. Epidemiological …