Description
EXER 510. HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND NUTRITION. A lecture and laboratory class in which the principles of nutrition are applied to sports performance and exercise. The course will explore the synergy between nutrition and athletic performance according to the latest scientific findings. The course will focus primarily on the nutritional needs of athletes. The major subject areas covered in this course include: evidence-based dietary guidelines and recommendations for health and physical performance, metabolism and bioenergetics, energy release and substrate utilization, energy metabolism during exercise, fluid intake and athletic performance, nutrition for training and competition, sports specific considerations, fitness and nutrition assessment in athletes, implications of carbohydrate, protein, and fat on health and physical performance, safety and efficacy of low and high carbohydrate diets, ergogenic aids and dietary supplements and impact of macronutrient composition on body compositio