Despite its significance in the industry, athletic trainers are underrepresented in the subject matter of current curriculums. An athletic trainer’s guide to sports nutrition covers this gap.

Health care professionals can read and comprehend Damon Amato’s text with ease, and it is comprehensive enough to give them a firm grasp of the workings of the body. It is also simple enough for athletes to use to guide them in making the best dietary decisions for their particular sport, objective, and circumstances.

A background in physiology is required to set the stage for understanding why certain suggestions made in the book are made; nevertheless, just the information that is absolutely necessary is provided in order to concentrate on the information that athletic trainers should be aware of when providing advice to athletes.

Among the subjects addressed inside are:
Principles of human nutrition
Eating disorders and disordered eating in athletes
Addenda
Eating healthily to heal from injuries
Timing of nutrients
unique circumstances

An Athletic Trainer’s Guide to Sports Nutrition bridges the gap in the existing athletic training curriculum by providing athletic training clinicians and students with the knowledge and resources needed to help athletes maintain optimal nutritional performance.
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