Fuel For Young Athletes

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.

• 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
• strategies for disordered eating.