Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport - Softcover

Williams, Melvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0073375551 ISBN 13: 9780073375557

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2009

Synopsis

This textbook 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Melvin Williams is the Director of Human Performance Laboratory at Old Dominion University, and has more than 30 years of lab research with a focus on the role of nutrition in sports. He has written and edited five books on ergogenic aids and the role of nutrition in sports -- his two latest books are The Ergogenics Edge: Pushing the Limits of Sports Performance (Human Kinetics) and Nutrition for Health, Fitness, and Sports, Sixth Edition (McGraw-Hill). He earned a B.S. from East Stroudsburg State College (1962), a Master of Education degree from Ohio University (1963), and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland (1968), with a doctoral dissertation on the effects of alcohol as a possible means to enhance strength and endurance. He's an accomplished marathon runner, placing first in his age group numerous times in the Marine Corps Marathon, which merited his selection in the Marine Corps Marathon Hall of Fame in 2001.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0073375551
• ISBN 13: 9780073375557
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 648