What you eat directly affects how you perform. Whether you're a coach, parent, nutritionist or athlete, Fuel for Young Athletes will help you devise a diet that gives you all the essentials for gaining muscle and trimming fat.

• Paperback
• 192 pages
• Imported

Includes:
• Food and fluid guidelines for young athletes
• Food plans tailored to the specific energy needs of 11 sports
• Recipe and snack ideas that appeal to teens and give them extra power on the playing fields and courts
• Fuel for muscle development and bone growth
• Eating for endurance training
• Tactics for safely gaining and losing weight
• Dietary supplements
• High-performance meal planning
• Eating well in fast-food restaurants
• Strategies for disordered eating

Contents
• Chapter 1: Food Functions for Developing Athletes
• Chapter 2: Nutritional Essentials for Sports
• Chapter 3: Fluids for Athletes
• Chapter 4: Fuel for Muscle Development
• Chapter 5: Eating for Endurance Training
• Chapter 6: Tactics for Gaining Weight
• Chapter 7: Lessons on Losing Weight
• Chapter 8: Dietary Details for Specific Sports
• Chapter 9: High-Performance Meal Planning
• Chapter 10: Fast-Break Food Favorites
• Chapter 11: Beyond the Standard Game Plan
• Chapter 12: Special Nutritional Needs for Preadolescent Athletes
• Chapter 13: Strategies for Overcoming Disordered Eating
• Chapter 14: Championship-Winning Recipes for Young Athletes