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Sports Nutrition Workbook and Assessments

Author(s): Heather Hedrick Fink, MS, RD, CSSD, Assistant Director of Educational Services, National Institute for Fitness and Sport
Lisa A. Burgoon, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
Alan E. Mikesky, PhD, FACSM, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Details:
  • ISBN-13: 9780763761943
  • Paperback    114 pages      © 2010
Price: International Sales $50.95 US List
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Overview

Sports Nutrition Workbook and Assessments provides expanded or alternative activities that will broaden students’ understanding of sports nutrition. The workbook can be used as a standalone or in conjunction with the Third Edition of Practical Applications in Sports Nutrition.

Features

  • Real-life examples, problems, and case studies from the sports nutrition field
  • Exercises and activities to help students review chapter topics and assess their own health behaviors in relation to these topics
  • Crossword puzzles using key terms encountered by sports nutrition professionals

 

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Preface
Chapter 1  Introduction to Sports Nutrition
Chapter 2  Nutrients: Ingestion to Energy Metabolism
Chapter 3  Carbohydrates
Chapter 4  Fats
Chapter 5  Proteins
Chapter 6  Vitamins
Chapter 7  Minerals
Chapter 8  Water
Chapter 9  Nutritional Ergogenics
Chapter 10  Nutritional Consultation with Athletes
Chapter 11  Weight Management
Chapter 12  Endurance and Ultra-endurance Athletes
Chapter 13  Strength/Power Athletes
Chapter 14  Team Sport Athletes
Chapter 15  Special Populations
Chapter 16  Jobs in Sports Nutrition
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Heather Hedrick Fink, MS, RD, CSSD-Assistant Director of Educational Services, National Institute for Fitness and Sport

Heather Hedrick Fink, MS, RD, CSSD is the Assistant Director of Educational Services within the National Institute for Fitness and Sport in Indianapolis. She is a Registered Dietitian, has her Master of Science in Kinesiology, is Board Certified as as specialist in sports dietetics, and is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine as Health/Fitness Instructor®. Heather is also an accomplished triathlete, duathlete, and marathon runner, including qualifying and competing in the 2003 Hawaii Ironman.

Lisa A. Burgoon, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN-University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

Lisa Burgoon, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN is a sports dietitian and Teaching Associate in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She is a registered and licensed dietitian and is Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics.  She teaches sports, wellness and clinical nutrition courses to undergraduate and graduate students in Dietetics, Human Nutrition, Food Science and Kinesiology majors and consults with Division I teams and athletes on campus and in the local community.

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Alan E. Mikesky, PhD, FACSM-Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Alan E. Mikesky, PhD, FACSM, is a professor in the School of Physical Education and Tourism Management, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Director of their Human Performance and Biomechanics Laboratory. He also has an adjunct appointment with the School of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, and serves as a research associate at the National Institute for Fitness and Sport in Indianapolis.

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