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Nutrition for Health, Fitness and Sport 11/e

作者：Melvin Williams, Eric Rawson, David Branch
原價：NT$ 1,150

ISBN：9781259254994
版次：11
年份：2017
出版商：McGraw-Hill
頁數/規格：699頁/平裝彩色

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Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport, now in its Eleventh edition, provides the reader with thorough coverage of the role nutrition plays in enhancing one’s health, fitness, and sport performance. Current research and practical activities are incorporated throughout.

This edition welcomes the addition of author, J. David Branch, along with the return of author Eric S. Rawson from the tenth edition, both of whom are actively involved in the disciplines of exercise physiology and sports nutrition, and who have used this textbook over the years to teach their university classes.

The eleventh edition truly moves into blending the latest technology for individuals to utilize in combining nutritional and exercise choices for health and sports performance. Featured nutritional information includes the introduction to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position stand on the total approach to healthy eating and to the latest report on Dietary Guidelines for Americans, while exercise and physical activity featured content includes the introduction to High Intensity Interval Training (HITT) and its possible application to exercise for health, along with the Compendium of Physical Activities. Enhanced discussion of the latest trends of various exercise applications (apps) and personal digital fitness measurement equipment, such as fitness bands and fitness watches, are also hallmarks of the eleventh edition. More than 300 new references, including clinical studies, reviews, and meta-analyses, have also been added to the text.

New Features

Major changes include introduction to the High Intensity Interval Training (HITT) and its possible application to exercise for health, along with the Compendium of Physical Activities, referring to energy expenditure during physical activities.

New information from authoritative position statements dealing with exercise and nutrition issues has been incorporated in various chapters where relevant. These position statements have been developed by such prominent groups as the American College of Sports Medicine, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the new name for the American Dietetic Association, Dietitians of Canada, the American Medical Association, and the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

Numerous websites have been listed to help students explore various exercise and nutrition issues in more depth.

More than 300 new references, including clinical studies, reviews, and meta-analyses have been added to the text.

Key Features

The reference lists were completely updated in the previous edition, with the inclusion of over 900 new references, and provide the scientific basis for the new concepts or additional support for those concepts previously developed. These references provide greater in-depth reading materials for the interested student.

Examines the interrelationship of health, fitness, sport, and nutrition.

Incorporates up-to-date research throughout the text, including expanded information on sports food products, the OmniHeart diet, vitamin and mineral supplements, and ergogenic aids.

Offers practical activities throughout, such as estimating body fat, estimating the number of calories needed to maintain body weight, or calculating the caloric expenditure for a given exercise.

Uses a question-answer approach with questions arranged in a logical sequence, so that the answer to one question often leads into the question that follows.

Cool Websites, offers readers appropriate Internet sources from which they can obtain additional information on specific exercise and nutrition topics.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction to Nutrition for Health, Fitness, and Sports Performance
2. Healthful Nutrition for Fitness and Sport: The Consumer Athlete
3. Human Energy
4. Carbohydrates: The Main Energy Food
5. Fat: An Important Energy Source during Exercise
6. Protein: The Tissue Builder
7. Vitamins: The Organic Regulators
8. Minerals: The Inorganic Regulators
9. Water, Electrolytes and Temperature Regulation
10. Body Weight and Composition for Health and Sport
11. Weight Maintenance and Loss through Proper Nutrition and Exercise
12. Weight Gaining through Proper Nutrition and Exercise
13. Food Drugs and Related Supplements

Appendix A—Units of Measurement: English System—Metric System Equivalents
Appendix B—Approximate Caloric Expenditure per Minute Based on the Metabolic Equivalents
Appendix C—Determination of Healthy Body Weight
Appendix D—Exchange Lists for Meal Planning
Appendix E—Nutrient Content of Food Products from Selected Fast-Food Restaurants
Appendix F—Energy Pathways of Carbohydrate, Fat, and Protein
Appendix G—Sample Menu for a 2000-Calorie Food Pattern

Glossary
Photo Credits
Index

Melvin H. Williams, Old Dominion University
Eric S. Rawson, Bloomsburg University
J. David Branch, Old Dominion University

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