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.

Physiology of sports -- Dietary assessment of athletes: clinical and research perspective -- Physique assessment of the athlete -- Protein -- Energy requirements of the athlete: assessment and evidence of energy efficiency -- Weight loss and the athlete -- Making weight -- Eating disorders and disordered eating in athletes -- Bone, calcium, vitamin D and exercise -- Prevention, detection and treatment of iron depletion and deficiency in athletes -- Micronutrients: vitamins, minerals and antioxidants -- Preparation for completion -- Competition fluid and fuel -- Nutrition for recovery after training and competition -- Nutritional strategies to enhance fat oxidation during aerobic exercise -- Supplements and sports foods -- Nutritional issues for young athletes: children and adolescents -- Nutrition issues for the masters athlete -- Special needs: the athlete with diabetes -- Athletes with gastrointestinal disorders, food allergies and food intolerance -- Special needs: the paralympic athlete -- Immunity, infective illness and injury -- Medical and nutritional issues for the travelling athlete -- Altitude, cold and heat -- Catering for athletes.