2nd Edition
Nutrition for Sport, Exercise, and Performance Science and Application
Part I: The science of nutrition and sport
1. Introduction to sport and exercise
Kane Middleton, Andrew Govus and Anthea C Clarke
2. Energy for sport and exercise
Matthew Cooke and Sam Sx Wu
3. Digestion and absorption
Annie-Claude M Lassemillante and Sam Sx Wu
4. Macronutrients
Evangeline Mantzioris
5. Micronutrients and antioxidants
Gina Trakman
6. Translating nutrition: From nutrients to foods
Adrienne Forsyth
7. Dietary intake and energy availability
Nikki A Jeacocke
8. Dietary assessment
Yasmine C Probst and Joel C Craddock
Part II: Nutrition for exercise
9. Exercise nutrition
Regina Belski
10. Macronutrient periodisation
Louise M Burke
11. Hydration
Ben Desbrow and Christopher Irwin
12. Sports supplements
Martyn Binnie
13. Assessing and changing body composition
Patria Anne Hume
14. Environmental considerations
Alan McCubbin
15. Gastrointestinal disturbances
Stephanie K Gaskell and Dana M Lis
16. Injury management and rehabilitation
Rebekah Alcock, Greg Shaw, Craig Patch and Alan J Pearce
Part III: Applied sports nutrition
17. Endurance athletes
Gregory Cox
18. Strength and power athletes
Gary Slater and Lachlan Mitchell
19. Team sport athletes
Brooke L Devlin, Sarah L Jenner and Stephen J Keenan
20. Weight category and aesthetic sport athletes
Regina Belski
21. Contemporary sport athletes
Marisa Michael, Aimee Morabito, Kate Gemmell and Adrienne Forsyth
22. Occupational athletes in the military
Bradley Baker
23. Young athletes
Helen O’Connor and Bronwen Lundy
24. Masters athletes
Janelle Gifford and Helen O’Connor
25. Female athletes
Anthea C Clarke and Mikaeli Carmichael
26. Para athletes
Michelle Minehan and Elizabeth Broad
27. Travelling athletes
Shona L Halson, Georgia Romyn, Michelle Cort and Matthew Driller
28. The art of sports nutrition practice
Evangeline Mantzioris and Case Study Contributors: Alan McCubbin, Anthony Meade, Erin Colebatch, Gregory Cox, Rachel Stentiford, Rebecca Hall, Regina Belski, Ryan Tam, Sarah Jenner, Stephanie Gaskell and Stephen Smith
Biography
Adrienne Forsyth is an Associate Professor and Research Lead in Nutrition and Dietetics at Australian Catholic University, Australia. She is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, Advanced Accredited Sports Dietitian, and Accredited Exercise Physiologist with over two decades of experience in teaching, practice, and research. Adrienne leads community-based interventions that address nutrition-related chronic disease and facilitate healthy participation in sport and recreation as well as innovations in health professional education.
Evangeline Mantzioris is the Program Director of the Nutrition and Food Sciences Degree at the University of South Australia. She is a Senior Lecturer, Accredited Practicing Dietitian, and Accredited Sports Dietitian with over three decades of experience in research, university teaching, clinical dietetics, and clinical teaching at major teaching hospitals and in private practice. Evangeline’s research interests include sports nutrition, fats, fatty acids, Mediterranean Diet, and the environment–food nexus.
Regina Belski is a Professor and Discipline Lead for Food, Nutrition and Dietetics at La Trobe University, Australia. Regina is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Advanced Sports Dietitian. Regina specialises in a personalised nutrition approach for health and performance, this entails exploring factors which impact individuals’ dietary intakes and health outcomes, including modifiable factors such as nutrition knowledge, behaviour, and more advanced fields such as nutrigenomics and variation of gene expression via dietary means as well as functional foods for human health and the microbiome. In her professional capacity as an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Regina has worked with clients including Olympic athletes and elite football and soccer players.
