Evaluating dietary intake, determining energy metabolism, and conducting other nutritional assessments are essential in understanding the relationships between diet, exercise, health, and physical performance, especially in athletes. The first comprehensive source on the subject, Nutritional Assessment of Athletes thoroughly examines these methods, discussing their advantages and limitations.Extensively referenced and filled with numerous tables and figures, this timely book focuses on the nutritional assessment of both recreational and professional athletes, including children, adolescents, and adults. In one volume, it presents methods for all types of nutritional evaluations, including dietary, anthropometric, physical activity needs, biochemical, and clinical assessments. Sports nutritionists, sports medicine and fitness professionals, researchers, students, health practitioners, and the educated layman will gain a better understanding of the relationship not only between diet and health, but also between diet and physical status of athletes.
Author(s): Judy A. Driskell, Ira Wolinsky
Series: Nutrition in Exercise & Sport
Publisher: CRC
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 429
Front Cover......Page 1
Series Preface......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Editors......Page 14
Contributors......Page 16
Contents......Page 18
1. Introduction to Nutritional Assessment of Athletes......Page 22
2. Estimation of Food and Nutrient Intakes of Athletes......Page 36
3. Evaluation of Nutrient Adequacy of Athletes’ Diets Using Nutrient Intake Data......Page 62
4. Assessment of Possible Presence of Eating Disorders......Page 80
5. Assessment of Growth in Child Athletes......Page 110
6. Assessment of Growth in Adolescent Athletes......Page 134
7. Anthropometry of Adult Athletes: Concepts, Methods and Applications......Page 154
8. Body Composition and Gender Differences in Performance......Page 196
9. Laboratory Methods for Determining Energy Expenditure of Athletes......Page 222
10. Field Assessment of Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure among Athletes......Page 244
11. Assessment of Lipid Status in Athletes......Page 278
12. Assessment of Protein Status in Athletes......Page 302
13. Assessment of Vitamin Status in Athletes......Page 336
14. Assessment of Mineral Status of Athletes......Page 358
15. Clinical Assessment of Athletes......Page 392
16. Summary — Nutritional Assessment of Athletes......Page 406
Index......Page 414
