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Nutrition in Exercise and Sport, Third Edition

Ira Wolinsky editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc

Published:22nd Oct '97

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The third edition of Nutrition in Exercise and Sport has been updated and expanded to include the latest developments in the field. This third edition of a bestseller among sports nutrition and health professionals now fully discusses the role of exercise and nutrition in both wellness and in disease prevention. In addition, new chapters on the history of sports nutrition, antioxidants, vegetarianism, the young athlete, the older athlete, the diabetic athlete, the physically disabled athlete, sports specific nutrient requirements, and body composition changes have been added. Top sports nutrition practitioners and exercise scientists have contributed chapters that provide practical nutritional guidelines for those engaged in various types of physical performance. This book is a one-volume library on sports nutrition for research scientists in applied sports nutrition, dietitians, exercise physiologists, sports medicine physicians, coaches, trainers, athletes, and nutritionists. The first two editions of this book have been widely used in sports nutrition courses. Nutrition in Exercise and Sport is the standard in the field.

"This book, already acknowledged as an invaluable reference text, has been updated and expanded in the third edition to include the latest developments in the field. …impressively, all previous chapters have been updated. …The third edition, with over 100 references in most of the 26 chapters, is a one-volume library and will prove invaluable to all those concerned with the study, research and application of nutrition to sport, exercise and physical education."
- David Kellet, Chester College, in European Physical Education Review

"This is a very valuable book for the library on sports nutrition for nutritionists, dietitians, exercise physiologists, and sports medicine physicians."
-Environmental & Nutritional Interactions

"Anyone involved in sports and exercise should have this book in their personal library. It is an invaluable reference on almost all aspects of nutrition in exercise and sports."
-Mauro G. Di Pasquale, M.D. in Drugs in Sport

"Nutrition in Exercise and Sport is an outstanding reference book for university libraries and anyone involved in counseling or studying athletes."
-Alice K. Lindeman in International Journal of Sport Nutrition

"...a comprehensive treatise on the mutual relationships of nutrition and of physical exercise and sport...in short, an excellent textbook."
-Karl Y. Guggenheim in Israel Journal of Medical Science

ISBN: 9780849385605

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1360g

702 pages

3rd edition