v2062 Nutrition for health and fitness

Faculty of Sports Studies
autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Asynchronous teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Kumstát, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Hlinský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michaela Beníčková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Adam Wagner (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Kumstát, Ph.D.
Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites
The course is primarily available to students outside the Faculty of Sports Studies.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 40/40, only registered: 36/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 26/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with nutritional recommendations for the average healthy population and for the population with an increased physical load. To get acquainted with the basic components of human nutrition, their importance, sources, benefits and physiological effects. The course further aims to introduce the field of sports nutrition and supplements. Furthermore, to disprove some of the nutritional myths. Understand the role of water and drinking in human nutrition.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able:
- to understand the basic concepts of nutrition
- to identify the differences in the recommendations between average population and athletes
- to explain the importance of nutrition for the human organism
- to identify problems caused by inadequate or inappropriate nutrition
- to orient in the field of supplements
- to distinguish appropriate and inappropriate nutritional recommendations
- to understand the risks of inadequate nutrition.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the topic
  • 2. Nutritional recommendations for the inhabitants of the Czech Republic
  • 3. Dietary Reference Intake
  • 4. Importance of prevention - nutrition and physical activity of children and elderly
  • 5. Sports nutrition and olympian nutrition
  • 6. Can nutrition improve sports performance?
  • 7. How to balance the energy intake while performing a lot?
  • 8. Vitamins and minerals for athletes?
  • 9. We have to drink, but what and how much?
  • 10. Cooking as a tool for improving athletic performance?
  • 11. Today's myths in nutrition
  • 12. Would you like some supplements?
  • 13. Science topics from the world of sports nutrition
Literature
    recommended literature
  • KUMSTÁT, Michal. Sportovní výživa jako vědecká disciplína (Sports nutrition as a scientific discipline). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 156 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-9162-7. E-kniha (Flipbook) info
  • KUMSTÁT, Michal and Tomáš HLINSKÝ. Sportovní výživa v tréninkové a závodní praxi (Sports nutrition in training and competition). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2019. ISBN 978-80-210-9456-7. info
  • Sports nutrition. Edited by Ron J. Maughan. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, xiv, 666. ISBN 9781118275764. info
  • WILLIAMS, Melvin H., Dawn E. ANDERSON and Eric S. RAWSON. Nutrition for health, fitness & sport. 10th ed. New York: Mc Graw- Hill, 2013, xix, 666. ISBN 9780071318167. info
Teaching methods
Asynchronous course fully online via interactive syllabi. Syllabi topics correlate with semester weeks, where each week, the specific subject will access to students with teaching text and homework.
Assessment methods
Assessment is given after passing the interactive syllabi and completing the assigned homework.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/fsps/podzim2024/v2062/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Minimální počet studentů přihlášených do seminární skupiny je 12.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2021, autumn 2022, spring 2023, autumn 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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