Nutrition and Supplementation in Sports

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge in physiology, biochemistry and training methodology are recommended.

Teaching Methods

Collective teaching sessions with problem solving activities, to facilitate the integration of the material and the formative assessment. Personal orientation sessions, evaluated through the resolution of field situations related to the T and TP subjects addressed, and through a synthesis work (Case study, deepening of a subject related to the curricular unity).

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to: [1] promote the acquisition of knowledge about sports nutrition in order to assist athletes in optimizing recovery and performance, but also helping to prevent them from harming their health through inadequate nutritional and supplementation practices; [2] to facilitate interdisciplinarity with the nutritionist, among others, in order to allow a better compatibility between training and nutritional planning; [3] reinforce scientific knowledge in this area of knowledge in order to assist in monitoring, identification and nutritional assessment, as well as [4] anticipating nutritional problems and contributing to a better effectiveness of the diet and supplementation plan for trained athletes; [5] contribute to the inclusion of a new facet of improvement throughout the life of the training process, in the different phases of sports training and in diverse contexts.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The balanced diet and the energetic balance of the athletes;

Nutritional inquiries in athletes;

The hydration - dehydration in athletes;

The pre-competitive nutritional preparation;

The food adapted to the type of effort made,

The recovery and supercompensation food;

Specificities in relation to the adapted sports?

the diet of the young athlete;

Eating disorders in athletes;

Myths and realities about supplementation in athletes;

Practices of nutritional follow-up of athletes.

Head Lecturer(s)

Alain Guy Marie Massart

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 30.0%
Laboratory work or Field work: 50.0%

Bibliography

Biesek S., Alves L.A. Guerra I. (2005). Estratégia de nutrição e suplementação no esporte. Barueri: Manole.
Driskell, J.A., Wolinsky, I. (2010). Nutritional Assessment of Athletes, Second Edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Jeukendrup A., Gleeson M. (2010). Sport Nutrition. An Introduction to Energy Production and Performance. 2nd Edition. Champaign: Human kinetics.
Kerksick, C. M., Wilborn, C. D., Roberts, M. D., Smith-Ryan, A., Kleiner, S. M., … Kreider, R. B. (2018). ISSN exercise & sports nutrition review update: research & recommendations. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition,15(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12970-018-0242-y Maughan, R. J., Burke, L. M., Dvorak, J., Larson-Meyer, D. E., Peeling, P., … Engebretsen, L. (2018). IOC consensus statement: dietary supplements and the high-performance athlete. British journal of sports medicine, 52(7), 439–455. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2018-099027.