Nutrition for Health, Fitness and Sport - Softcover

Williams, Melvin/rawson, Eric/branch, J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1259254992 ISBN 13: 9781259254994

Publisher: GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2017

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Mel Williams is an Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Old Dominion University. He received his Ph. D. in Physical Education and Exercise Science from the University of Maryland, immediately joining the faculty at Old Dominion University in Norfolk in 1968. While at ODU he founded the Human Performance Laboratory and the Wellness Institute and Research Center. His main teaching focus was exercise physiology and sports nutrition at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Over the years his major research focus has been the effect of performance enhancing substances, or ergogenic aids, in sport, including many nutritional ergogenics. He has an extensive research publication record, has presented invited lectures throughout the United States and in 25 countries worldwide, and has published over 20 books including Drugs and Athletic Performance and Beyond Training: How Athletes Enhance Performance Legally and Illegally. His textbook, Nutrition for Health, Fitness, & Sport is currently in its 11th edition and has been adopted by universities throughout the United States, Canada, and other countries. His books have been translated and published internationally in ten different languages. He is also the founding editor of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition. A few personal notes: Mel was born and raised in Kingston, Pennsylvania. Upon graduation, he joined the United States Army as a paratrooper, and served as a medical corpsman for three years. He then earned his bachelor's degree in Physical Education at East Stroudsburg State Teachers College and Masters degree at Ohio University. He taught several years in Reading, Pennsylvania and the pursued his doctorate at Maryland. He competed in football and wrestling in high school and college, and coached several years at both the high school and university level. He is married to Jeanne Kruger and has a daughter, Serena with two grandsons, Daniel and David, and a stepdaughter Sara, with grandchildren Katy, Lucy, and Jake. Mel is committed to maintaining a high level of fitness for both health and sports competition. He has completed more than 125 marathons and ultramarathons, has won his age group in the Boston Marathon three times, has completed 38 Marine Corps Marathons, and has also completed the Kona Ironman Triathlon. Although his sport competitive days are over, he still maintains an active exercise program and healthy diet in attempts to maximize health.

About this edition

• Publisher: GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1259254992
• ISBN 13: 9781259254994
• Binding: Paperback