Fueling Young Athletes By Heather Mangieri

Fueling Young Athletes stresses the importance of balanced daily nutrition as part of an overall eating plan for health, growth, development, and sport performance and shows how to implement that plan.

Young athletes are always on the go. School, family, and sports eat up a lot of time. For parents and coaches, it can be a challenge to make sure kids are eating healthfully enough to perform at their best on and off the field. Fueling Young Athletes provides the help you need.

In this practical guide, Heather Mangieri—a sport dietitian and mother of three active kids—breaks down the nutrition needs of young athletes and explains what the latest research suggests.

You’ll analyse current eating habits and preferences and how and where these can be improved. You’ll learn how healthier meals and snacks can equate to improved performance while still being convenient and appetising.

Fueling Young Athletes addresses the issues that families and athletes most often face, such as late-night practices, inconvenient school lunchtimes, demanding tournament schedules and travel leagues, and lack of sleep. Best of all, you’ll find a collection of easy recipes for smoothies and sport drinks, all with common ingredients and nutrition information.

Weight management, supplementation, fueling, hydration—it’s all here. Fueling Young Athletes is practical and realistic. If you are a parent or coach, it’s the one guide you should not be without.


Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword

Part I: Sports Nutrition for Today’s Athlete
Chapter 1. Building a Champion
Chapter 2. Day-to-Day Nutrition for Healthy Growth

Part II: Nutrition Needs for Sports and Individual Goals
Chapter 3. Fueling and Hydrating for Your Sport
Chapter 4. Adjusting Body Composition to Reach Your Goals
Chapter 5. Fueling Your Game Day Performance
Chapter 6. Understanding Supplements
Chapter 7. Identifying and Dealing with Disordered Eating

Part III: Customise Your Sports Nutrition Plan
Chapter 8. Creating Your Personal Plan
Chapter 9. Breaking Down Healthy Eating Barriers

Part IV: Recipes
Chapter 10. Liquid Fuel Recipes
Chapter 11. Solid Fuel Recipes

Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Released 2017
232 pages


About The Author

Heather Mangieri, MS, RDN, CSSD, LDN, is an award-winning food and nutrition expert, registered dietitian, and board-certified specialist in sport dietetics. She is the founder of Nutrition CheckUp, a nutrition consulting practice with expertise in sport nutrition, weight management, and disordered eating.

She consults with a variety of clients, including casual exercisers, competitive athletes, and families looking to eat well while navigating busy schedules. She specialises in helping active adolescents eat well for proper growth, development, and sport performance.

Since 2010 Mangieri has been a national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has built a reputation for delivering evidence-based messages in sport nutrition, adolescent sport nutrition, weight management, ergogenic aids, dietary supplements, fad diets, and lifestyle modification.

Mangieri frequently writes about sport nutrition, including in the professional publications of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, as well as in Stack magazine and Food and Nutrition magazine.