Course Title:    Sports Nutrition

Course Code: PED-606

Credit Hours:  03

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

Exercise and Sports nutrition links food with physical performance. It refers to the nutritional needs of all active people, covering the areas of exercise for health and performance in sport. It focuses on nutrition providing the fuel for exercise, recovery, performance and the essential elements for growth, maintenance and repair of the body’s tissues.

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

1. Relate key theories of nutrition to typical factors of health, exercise and sport.
2. Relate roles of nutrition in physical performance, recovery and adaptations to exercise.
3. Undertake a basic dietary assessment, and relate to the needs of the individual.
4. Investigate issues in sports nutrition.
5. Provide sound nutritional advice to athletes and healthy individuals, and know when to refer to a dietician.

COURSE CONTENTS

1. Introduction

• Introduction of nutritional terms including nutrition, nutrient, diet, digestion, absorption, excretion, metabolism and energy etc.
• Importance of nutrition in exercise and sports
• Functions of food

1. Energy

• Introduction to energy
• Conversion from food to energy
• Measurements of energy contents of food
• Measurement of energy expenditure (B.M.R and B.M.I)
• How is energy released from the food and stored in the body (energy transfer)?
• Energy systems 

1. Energy in to muscular activity

• How energy is consumed during exercise
• The muscles and energy
• Which fuels are used during exercise

1. Low intensity
2. Sub maximal intensity
3. Maximal intensity

1. Nutrition, Exercise and Sports

• Carbohydrate loading
• Pre contest and after contest meals

1. Energy Sources

• Types, metabolism and function of the following and their R.D.A. (recommended daily allowance) carbohydrates, fats, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals.

1. Fluid Balance and Exercise

• Water, total body water, functions of water, water balance, water intake, water elimination and R.D.A of water.
• Temperature regulation during exercise.

• Rate of gastric emptying
• Adequate hydration before during and after exercise
• Dehydration

1. Eating Disorders

• Eating disorders of depressed athlete
• Caffeine’s effects on metabolism
• Alcohols effects on metabolism

1. Weight Management

• Principles of weight management
• Concepts of dieting
• Gaining weight

READINGS

1. Practical applications in Sports Nutrition, 4th Edition (Jones & Bartlett Learning)
2. The Fitness Mindset: Eat for energy, Train for tension, Manage your mindset, Reap the results 26 Jun 2017
3. Brian Keane

3.Performance Nutrition Paperback – 25 Jul 2016

by Kevin Currell 

4.Sport Nutrition 3rd Edition Paperback – 25 Oct 2018

by Asker Jeukendrup , Michael Gleeson 

1. Practical Applications In Sports Nutrition 12 Jan 2017

by Heather Hedrick Fink and Alan E. Mikesky

1. Thinner Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body (The Muscle for Life Series Book 2) 6 Jan 2014
2. Michael Matthews
3. The Fitness Mindset: Eat for energy, Train for tension, Manage your mindset, Reap the results 26 Jun 2017
4. Brian Keane

8.Performance Nutrition Paperback – 25 Jul 2016

by Kevin Currell HEDULE

RESEARCH PROJECT /PRACTICALS/LABS/ASSIGNMENTS

Will be submitted during the Semester

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA