"This fourth edition of Clinical Sports Nutrition continues to integrate the science and practice of sports nutrition. Each chapter is specifically formatted to combine the viewpoints of two sports nutrition experts: the scientific principles underpinning each issue are reviewed by an internationally recognized nutritionist with extensive research experience, while a sports dietitian summarizes the practice tips that can be drawn from these principles."--Publisher's website.

Previous ed.: 2006.

Sports nutrition: an historical perspective -- Exercise physiology and metabolism -- Measuring nutritional status of athletes: clinical and research perspectives -- Kinanthropometry: physique assessment of the athlete -- Protein and amino acid needs for training and bulking up -- Energy requirement of the athlete: assessment and evidence of energy efficiency -- Weight loss and the athlete -- Making weight in sports -- Eating disorders and disordered eating in athletes -- Bone, exercise, nutrition and menstrual disturbances -- Iron depletion in athletes -- Vitamin, mineral and antioxidant needs of athletes -- Preparation for competition -- Nutrition for recovery after competition and training -- Nutritional strategies to enhance fat oxidation during aerobic exercise -- Dietary supplements and nutritional ergogenic aids in sport -- Nutrition for special populations: children and young athletes -- Nutrition and the aging athlete -- Special needs: the athlete with diabetes -- Special needs: the vegetarian athlete -- Athletes with gastrointestinal disorders -- Special needs: athletes with disabilities -- Medical and nutritional issues for the traveling athlete -- Nutritional issues for special environments: training and competing at altitude and in hot climates -- Providing meals for athletic groups.