Now widely adopted on courses throughout the world, the prestigious
Nutrition Society Textbook series provides students with the
scientific basics in nutrition in the context of a systems and
disease approach rather than on a nutrient by nutrient basis. In
addition books provide a means to enable teachers and students to
explore the core principles of nutrition and to apply these
throughout their training to foster critical thinking at all times.

This NS Textbook on Sport and Exercise Nutrition has been
written to cover the latest information on the science and practice
of sport and exercise nutrition. A key concept behind this textbook
is that it aims to combine the viewpoints of world leading
nutrition experts from both academia/research and a practical stand
point. Plus where necessary there are additional practitioner based
authors to ensure theory is translated into practice for each
chapter in the form of either ?practice tips' or
?information sheets' at the end of relevant chapters.

The textbook in essence can be divided into three distinct but
integrated parts:

• Part 1: covers the key components of the science that supports
  the practice of sport and exercise nutrition including
  comprehensive reviews on: nutrients both in general and as exercise
  fuels; exercise physiology; hydration, micronutrients; and
  supplements.


• Part 2: moves into focusing on specific nutrition strategies to
  support different types of training including: resistance;
  power/sprint; middle distance/speed endurance; endurance;
  technical/skill, team; and specific competition nutrition
  needs.
  
  The unique format of this textbook is that it breaks down nutrition
  support into training specific as opposed to the traditional sport
  specific support. This reflects the majority of current sport and
  exercise requirements of the need to undertake concurrent training
  and therefore facilitating targeted nutrition support to the
  different training components through the various macro and micro
  training cycles.


• Part 3: explores some of the practical issues encountered in
  working in the sport and exercise nutrition field and includes key
  sport related topics such as: disability sport; weight management;
  eating disorders; bone and gut health; immunity; injury; travel;
  and special populations and situations.

READERSHIP: Students of nutrition and dietetics at both
undergraduate and postgraduate level. All those working in the
field of nutrition and related health sciences.