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Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport Paperback – Illustrated, 3 February 2012

by Melvin H. Williams (Author), Dawn Anderson (Author), Eric Rawson (Author)

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Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport, now in its tenth edition, provides the reader with thorough coverage of the role nutrition plays in enhancing one s health, fitness, and sport performance. Current research and practical activities are incorporated throughout.
This edition welcomes the addition of two new authors, Dawn E. Anderson and Eric S. Rawson, both of whom are actively involved in the disciplines of exercise physiology and sports nutrition, and who have used this textbook over the years to teach their university classes.
The tenth edition includes incorporation of the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the associated MyPlate model that has replaced the MyPyramid model. The new MyPlate model, which was designed to be more user-friendly for the American population, is discussed in several chapters. New information from authoritative position statements dealing with exercise and nutrition issues has been incorporated in various chapters where relevant. More than 300 new references, including clinical studies, reviews, and meta-analyses, have also been added to the text."

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ISBN-10

0078021324
ISBN-13

978-0078021329
Edition

10th
Publisher

McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date

3 February 2012
Language

English
Dimensions

23.11 x 2.29 x 27.43 cm
Print length

688 pages
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Melvin Williams is the Director of Human Performance Laboratory at Old Dominion University, and has more than 30 years of lab research with a focus on the role of nutrition in sports. He has written and edited five books on ergogenic aids and the role of nutrition in sports -- his two latest books are The Ergogenics Edge: Pushing the Limits of Sports Performance (Human Kinetics) and Nutrition for Health, Fitness, and Sports, Sixth Edition (McGraw-Hill). He earned a B.S. from East Stroudsburg State College (1962), a Master of Education degree from Ohio University (1963), and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland (1968), with a doctoral dissertation on the effects of alcohol as a possible means to enhance strength and endurance. He's an accomplished marathon runner, placing first in his age group numerous times in the Marine Corps Marathon, which merited his selection in the Marine Corps Marathon Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Education; 10th edition (3 February 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 688 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0078021324
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0078021329
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 23.11 x 2.29 x 27.43 cm

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M Wolski

Excellent Resource - Get the Kindle Edition if You're Taking a Class!

Reviewed in the United States on 21 June 2015

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I rented a copy of this book for a masters level course on sports physiology that I was taking recently. The book was fairly comprehensive, was laid out in a logical format, and was easy to understand. Although human biology is a complicated process, and the physicist in me is not a big fan of the less definitive nature of the biological sciences, I'll say that this book does take care not to draw many spurious conclusions, sticks mostly to well researched conclusions and admits uncertainty when it exists. There are very few questions that I had about nutrition or the way our body interacts with nutrients that were left unanswered or unaddressed. The kindle method of delivery I chose is probably the best I can imagine for a text book, since it allows you to easily search for that particular phrase you wanted to cite. Whether this is for a course that you are taking, or if you simply want to learn about human physiology and nutrition, this is a great resource!

If you're getting it as textbook resource for a course, and you are allowed digital devices in class, do yourself a favor and get the kindle version. It makes life so much easier!

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Worth it

Reviewed in Canada on 7 February 2014

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The best part about this product is that you can highlight, bookmark and make notes on any of the pages. You can also get it on more than one device and it's $100 less than the paperback. Definitely worth it.

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The best sports / diet reference book!

Reviewed in the United States on 28 August 2016

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I used this book for a class but ended up buying it. It is very easy to read and is wonderfully organized. I usually rent my textbooks but I bought this one. I reference it while planning my workouts and diet routine. It references many of the current diet and fitness supplements and techniques and explains how and why they work, or not.

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Reviewed in Canada on 17 December 2015

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Excellent quality, exactly as described, arrived in perfect condition