Sports Nutrition Needs for Child and Adolescent Athletes

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As the number of child and adolescent athletes continues to increase each year, more children are being exposed to greater training volumes and increasing physical demands?Dmaking the need for nutritional and recovery guidance increasingly important. While massive amounts of empirical research are published each year on responses and adaptations to exercise and nutrition, a relative lack of this data is focused on children and adolescents.

Filling this need, Sports Nutrition Needs for Child and Adolescent Athletes explores the optimal sports nutrition needs for the child and adolescent athlete in three, detailed sections. The first section?DNutritional Foundation?Dsupplies a comprehensive look at topics that relate to nearly every athlete. It focuses on the need for optimal nutrition in youth athlete populations, highlighting energy, body composition, hydration, and both macro- and micro-nutrient requirements.

The second section?DSpecial Considerations in Child and Adolescent Athletes?Dfocuses on topics that are more specific. This section includes coverage of the impact of common recreational drugs on exercise performance, steroid use in youth and associated dangers, key elements of working with diabetic and other clinically relevant populations, as well as discussions that relate to overweight and weight-conscious athletes, respectively.

The final section?DA Hands-On Approach?Dreviews nutritional programs for both child and adolescent athletes. It uses an easy-to-understand approach to discuss and apply situations that can challenge athletes, their parents, and coaches by making sure young athletes are well fueled and recovered for all sporting situations.

For the purposes of the research presented in this book, a child athlete is defined as an athlete between the ages of 7 and 12 years while an adolescent athlete is defined as an athlete 13?C17 years of age.

Publisher ? : ? CRC Press; 1st edition (May 10, 2016)
Language ? : ? English
Hardcover ? : ? 314 pages
ISBN-10 ? : ? 1466579749
ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1466579743
Item Weight ? : ? 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ? : ? 7.99 x 10 x 1.85 inches