Main description:

Clinical Sports Nutrition, now in its sixth edition, is a cornerstone of the Sports Medicine series offered by McGraw Hill. It is an invaluable asset for all professionals and students who are either working in or seeking a career in sports science, coaching science, sports medicine or sports dietetics.
All chapters have been substantially revised and updated, with contributions from leading international researchers and practitioners in sports nutrition, sports science and sports medicine. Contributors are experts in their field, with extensive practical experience working with elite and recreational athletes at different ages, abilities and levels.
Clinical Sports Nutrition is an essential resource for all students and instructors in the discipline of sports nutrition, and a must-read for elite athletes, sports professionals and trainers who need to keep their knowledge current.

Features:
*Practice tips to enable health professionals to translate research into practical nutrition advice.
*New and comprehensively updated chapters on making weight, low energy availability with measurement protocols, medical and nutrition issues for athletes when travelling, and the athlete with diabetes.
*A new commentary on sustainable eating for athletes.
*Instructor resources that include evidence-based real-life case studies with accompanying questions and quizzes to test or consolidate students' understanding.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Physiology of sports
Chapter 2: Nutritional assessment of athletes: research & clinical perspectives
Chapter 3: Physique assessment of the athlete
Chapter 4: Protein needs for the athlete
Chapter 5: Energy requirements and measurement of energy expenditure
Chapter 6: Low energy availability: challenges ad approaches to measurement and treatment
Chapter 7: Weight loss and the athlete
Chapter 8: Making weight
Chapter 9: Eating disorders and disordered eating in athletes
Chapter 10: Bone, calcium, vitamin D and exercise
Chapter 11: Iron and the athlete
Chapter 12: Micronutrients: vitamins, minerals and antioxidants
Chapter 13: Preparation for competition
Chapter 14: Competition fluid and fuel
Chapter 15: Nutrition for recovery after training and competition
Chapter 16: Nutritional strategies to enhance fat oxidation during aerobic exercise
Chapter 17: Supplements and sports foods in sport
Chapter 18: Nutritional issues for young athletes: children and adolescents
Chapter 19: Nutrition issues for the masters athletes
Chapter 20: Special needs: athletes with diabetes
Chapter 21: Exercise-induced gastrointestinal syndrome, gastrointestinal disorders, food intolerance and allergies
Chapter 22: Special needs: the Paralympic athlete
Chapter 23: Immunity, infective illness and injury
Chapter 24: Medical and nutrition issues for the travelling athlete
Chapter 25: Altitude, cold and heat
Chapter 26: Catering for athletes