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Food and Nutrition in Sport

Food and Nutrition in Sport

Code	11305
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	5
Workload	T(15H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Sports Sciences
Entry requirements	Not applicable
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Learning outcomes	This course is designed primarily to develop a functional and critical understanding of the nutritional needs of athletes and understanding the importance of dietary factors in sports performance • Demonstrates understanding of nutritional factors in the performance of sports activities • Identify the nutritional needs of athletes of different modalities • Domina and applies the basic nutritional and weight-management principles. • Identify the various social and cultural influences on diet and its effect on sports performance. • Demonstrates understanding of the implications for the eating process in social and individual dynamics generated in sporting activities
Syllabus	Module I: Nutrition and Sport 1.The energy nutrients: Carbohydrates and Lipids 2. Use of energy nutrients in effort 3. Vitamins, mineral salts and sports performance 4. balance of fluids and electrolytes: sports drinks 5. Other Ingredients: Additives and Supplements 6. Nutritional Recommendations General and Specific (Children, Teens and Seniors) 7.. Eating problems and nutritional 8. Nutritional needs of athletes. Competition and recovery. Specific modalities Module II: Food and Sports 1. Eating and sociability. Meals as social and cultural events. Production and preparation of food 2. Eating and cultura.Culturas and rules about food. The globalization of food 3. Eating habits. The youth culture. Image: diets, anorexia and bulimia 4. Sport and food. The sports culture. The technologies related to food
Main Bibliography	Espina-Barrio, Angel-B. 2005. Manual de Antropologia Cultural. Pp. 257-259. Recife: Editora Massangana. (2ª ed) Maughan, R.J., (ed.) (2002). Nutrition in Sport. Malden : Blackwell Science, Cap. 4 Nunes, B. (1997), “Produzir para comer”, em O saber médico do povo. Pp. 59-83. Lisboa: Fim de Século Teixeira, P, Sardinha , L, Barat, T., Silva, P., Baptista, F., Branco, T., Horta, L., Meyer, N., Minderico, C. e Silva, A.(2008) Nutrição, Exercício e Saúde. Lidel- edições técnicas, Lda., Cap. I, V,VI, VIII Titiev, Mischa (1963/1982), “Vamos comer” in Introdução à antropologia cultural. Pp. 198-203. Lisboa: Ed. Fundação Gulbenkian.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.