Fuel for Young Athletes Essential Foods and Fluids for Future Champions

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 you're 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.Litt, Ann is the author of 'Fuel for Young Athletes Essential Foods and Fluids for Future Champions' with ISBN 9780736046527 and ISBN 0736046526.