Fuel for Young Athletes: Essential Foods and Fluids for Future Champions

About this book

Young athletes need more than practice to succeed in sport. They need a proper diet that will leave them energized and able to perform their best throughout the entire game. Whether youre a coach parent or nutritionist you can help young athletes fuel for energy development and performance through the sound nutritional guidelines presented in Fuel for Young Athletes. Author Ann Litt a frequently consulted nutritionist columnist and mother of two teenage athletes presents the most essential guidelines for athletes in middle school through high school. Litt provides a complete resource filled with practical advice that coaches parents and even athletes themselves can apply directly to the training table. Among the topics she covers are -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 and -strategies for disordered eating. Fuel for Young Athletes helps growing athletes meet their nutritional needs and guides them toward both optimal health and athletic success.