| Description |
xiii, 488 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Carbohydrates, Lipids, and Proteins -- 3. Vitamins -- 4. Minerals and Water -- 5. Digestion and Absorption -- 6. Energy and Energy-Yielding Metabolic Pathways -- 7. Nutrients Metabolism During Exercise -- 8. Guidelines for Designing a Healthy and Competitive Diet -- 9. Ergogenic Aids and Supplements --10. Nutrient Metabolism in Special Cases -- 11. Measurement of Energy Consumption and Output --12. Body Composition -- 13. Energy Balance and Weight Control -- 14. Thermoregulation and Fluid Balance |
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Contents note continued: Assessing nutritional health -- Assessing energy expenditure and substrate utilization -- Summary -- 12.Body composition -- Height and weight measurements -- Body composition essentials -- Body composition, health, and sports performance -- Body composition assessments -- Summary -- 13.Energy balance and weight control -- How is body weight regulated? -- Components of daily energy expenditure -- Etiology of obesity -- Dietary therapies designed to reduce energy intake -- Exercise strategies in maximizing energy expenditure -- Summary -- 14.Thermoregulation and fluid balance -- Thermoregulation at rest and during exercise -- Effect of dehydration on exercise performance -- Rehydration strategies -- Heat injuries -- Factors influencing heat tolerance -- Summary |
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Contents note continued: Carbohydrate metabolism -- Lipid metabolism -- Protein and amino acid metabolism -- Regulation of substrate metabolism during exercise -- Summary -- 8.Guidelines for designing a healthy and competitive diet -- Nutrition for health and performance -- Using dietary reference standards for constructing a diet -- Dietary considerations for physically active individuals and athletes -- Summary -- 9.Ergogenic aids and supplements -- Ergogenic aids: an area of complexity and controversy -- Critical evaluation of ergogenic aids -- Sports foods -- Sports supplements -- Summary -- 10.Nutrient metabolism in special cases -- Gender and age differences in substrate metabolism -- Pregnancy -- The elderly -- Children and adolescents -- Obesity -- Diabetes mellitus -- Conditions of insulin resistance -- Metabolism during exercise in obesity and diabetes -- Role of exercise in improving insulin sensitivity -- Summary -- 11.Measurement of energy consumption and output -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Good health and strong performance: nutrition connection -- Nutrients -- Factors affecting food intake and choice -- What is reliable nutritional information? -- Summary -- 2.Macronutrients: carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Summary -- 3.Micronutrients: vitamins -- Overview -- Fat-soluble vitamins -- Water-soluble vitamins -- Summary -- 4.Micronutrients: minerals and water -- Minerals -- Major minerals -- Trace minerals -- Water -- Summary -- 5.Digestion and absorption -- Chemical basis of digestion and absorption -- The digestive system: an overview -- Digestion and absorption processes -- Common problems with digestion and absorption -- Summary -- 6.Energy and energy-yielding metabolic pathways -- Energy and its transformation -- Energy consumption -- Energy transformation -- Control of energy transformation -- Summary -- 7.Nutrients metabolism during exercise -- |
| Summary |
"A key determinant of successful athletic performance is the high-level energy transformation which begins with combustion of the food that we eat. By developing a sound understanding of good nutrition we can improve athletic performance, help maintain good health and prevent disease. This clear and comprehensive introduction to nutrition in sport, exercise and health goes further than any other textbook in integrating key nutritional facts, concepts and dietary guidelines with a thorough discussion of the fundamental biological science underpinning our physiological and metabolic processes. By clearly explaining how nutrients function within our biological system, the book helps students to develop a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms, which in turn will help the student to apply their knowledge in practice. The book includes in depth discussion of key contemporary topics within nutrition including: - nutrient bioenergetics; - nutrition and metabolic disease; - nutritional ergogenic aids; - nutrition for special populations; - nutritional assessment. Each chapter includes useful pedagogical features, including case studies, review questions, definitions of key terms, and practical laboratory exercises, including techniques for assessing nutritional status, body composition and physical activity patterns. A companion website offers additional teaching and learning features, such as PowerPoint slides, multiple-choice question banks and web links. As the most up-to-date introduction to sport and exercise nutrition currently available, this book is essential reading for all students of sport and exercise science, kinesiology, physical therapy, nutrition, dietetics or health sciences"-- |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
| Subject |
Athletes -- Nutrition.
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Life sciences.
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Nutrition.
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Sports medicine.
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Nutritional Physiological Phenomena.
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Athletes.
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Energy Metabolism.
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Exercise -- physiology.
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Sports -- physiology.
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| Author |
Kang, Jie.
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| LC no. |
2011038292 |
| ISBN |
9780203851913 |
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9780415578783 |
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9780415578790 |
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