Nutritional Assessment of Athletes (Nutrition in Exercise and Sport)

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. 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. 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 Presents 16 chapters detailing assessment methods for determining relations of diet, health, and athletic achievement. Dietary, anthropometric, physical activity needs, biochemical, and clinical assessment strategies are all discussed