This new reference provides primary care clinicians with essential nutrition information, guidance, tools, and resources needed to offer patients optimal nutrition care in the primary care setting. Available for purchase at https://www.aap.org/the-clinicians-guide-to-pediatric-nutrition-paperback/
18: Sports and Athletic Performance Available to Purchase
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Published:March 2023
"Sports and Athletic Performance", The Clinician’s Guide to Pediatric Nutrition, Natalie D. Muth, MD, MPH, RDN, FACSM, FAAP, Mary Tanaka, MD, MS, FAAP
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Beyond playing a role in promoting optimal health, well-planned nutrition intake can offer a strategic performance advantage for young athletes competing at the highest levels. At the same time, poorly planned nutrition intake in highly active youth can lead to negative performance and health risks. Eating in a way that supports optimal performance, growth, and health is particularly challenging for athletes, who often have demanding school, training, socializing, and work schedules; limited knowledge of nutrition principles in general and in sports; reliance on others to purchase and prepare foods; and unhealthy eating environments during training, competition, and travel.1 Many...
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