ACSM Manual of Nutrition for Exercise Science is the proposal of the American College of Sports Medicine to offer a clear and highly applicable vision of nutrition related to physical activity, with exercises that illustrate difficult concepts, real-world examples and case studies that They allow students to put learning into practice. Based on his vast experience, Dan Benardot - a global authority on nutrition - develops an attractive and objective resource that, in a simple and friendly way, breaks old paradigms and beliefs about sports-related nutrition based on the latest research, guides and international consensus

Written at an appropriate level for students, this textbook begins with a chapter that covers the fundamentals of the discipline and demystifies multiple misconceptions. It also contains a broad description of each of the main nutrient groups. The following chapters cover the initial assessment of the patient according to their age, sex, physical constitution and type of sport to play. The last chapters address practical situations: environmental factors, nutritional strategies according to the type of sport, nutrition planning and its adaptation to the state of health, as well as a very useful chapter on nutritional supplements.

Main Features:

- All chapters include: learning objectives, case studies, practical activities, multiple-choice questions, summary of key points and current evidence-based references
- Multiple pedagogical resources: Boxes with the most important factors to highlight key points presented in the chapters, Glossary boxes with bold bold terms for easy reference, Examples to help readers work specific applications of information, and Tables and figures that make the content clearer and illustrate complex concepts
- Visual aids that give life to concepts
- Appendices with abundant information and key reference materials: reference tables of nutrient intake, principles and components of nutritional assessment, digestion and absorption, among others
- Resources in thePoint with review questions, clinical cases and sample model plans feed