bp4450 Nutritional Counselling in Sport

Faculty of Sports Studies
autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Kumstát, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Hlinský, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Kumstát, Ph.D.
Department of Health Promotion – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Health Promotion – Faculty of Sports Studies
Timetable
Thu 8:00–9:40 B11/311
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
bp4450/01: Thu 12:00–13:40 C15/207, T. Hlinský
Prerequisites (in Czech)
absolvování předmětu bp4063; bp4062; bp4442.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to apply and modify aquired knowledge of basic principles of nutrition to the variable sports preparation and competition in an effort to support training adaptation, regeneration and sport performance.
Learning outcomes
After completeing the course student will be able to:
- characterize the specifics of sports nutrition and to distinguish the nutrient needs from non-sports nutrition;
- orientate and correctly interpret the latest nutritional recommendations for athletes in support of regeneration, adaptation and sports performance;
- apply the basic knowledge of nutrition to the environment of various sports disciplines;
- assess and correctly set the nutritional needs of athletes of various ages and the varying intensity of the training process;
- analyze the athlete's nutritional status;
- Work with nutritional software to program individual nutritional needs of athletes;
- Apply specific nutritional strategies optimizing sports performance;
- Identify health risks resulting from the variability of the training process and can recommend appropriate nutritional measures;
- individualize the athlete's diet plan with respect to the specific needs arising from the annual training cycle phase;
- recommend the use of dietary supplements and sports foods to optimize sports training.
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: 1. Energy balance and basic needs of macro-nutrients and micronutrients in athlete's nutrition (importance, digestive and absorption physiology, nutrient metabolism at work, nutritional aspects of exercise physiology);
  • 2. The athlete's nutritional status assesment (athletic nutrition, training and nutrition history, anthropometric measurements related to nutritional status, body composition, energy and nutrient needs analysis, energy availability);
  • 3. Sport nutrition before, during and after exercise (specifics and differences of training and rational nutrition, specifics of sports nutrition of endurance and strength disciplines, collective sports and coordination aesthetic sports;
  • 4. Hydration in sport - Fluid intake strategies, dehydration, rehydration, hyponatremia;
  • 5. Specific strategies for sports nutrition (manipulation with the carbohydrate intake and other macronutrients in sports training);
  • 6. Dietary supplements in sports (categorization, legislation, practical use in sports - ergogenic food supplements, regeneration and health-preventive role of the dietary supplements);
  • 7. Health aspects of sports nutrition (risks of nutritional deficiencies - role of energy, macro nutrition and micronutrients, alternative nutrition, nutrition of diabetics, seniors, food intolerance, nutrition in convalescence, GIT problems);
  • 8. Specifics of sports nutrition of youth, seniors, female athletic triad;
  • Seminars: - monitoring, control, evaluation and programming of the athlete's nutrition in relation to the specifics of sport preparation (RTC phase, plant preparation, specific nutritional objectives, etc., monitoring of anthropometric indicators (caliper, body composition, energy expenditure calculation);
  • - working with nutrition software, collecting, analyzing and evaluating the diets.
Literature
    required literature
  • CLARK, Nancy. Sportovní výživa. 3., dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2014, 392 s. ISBN 9788024746555. info
    recommended literature
  • BURKE, Louise and Vicki DEAKIN. Clinical Sports Nutrition. Fifth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015, xx, 828. ISBN 9781743073681. info
  • VILIKUS, Zdeněk. Výživa sportovců a sportovní výkon. 2. vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 177 stran. ISBN 9788024631523. info
  • EBERLE, Suzanne Girard. Endurance sports nutrition. 3rd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2014, ix, 382. ISBN 9781450432153. info
  • Sports nutrition. Edited by Ron J. Maughan. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014, xiv, 666. ISBN 9781118275764. info
  • Sports nutrition : enhancing athletic performanc. Edited by Bill I. Campbell. New York: CRC Press, 2013, xv, 321. ISBN 9781466513587. info
  • BENARDOT, Dan. Advanced sports nutrition. 2nd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2012, xii, 411. ISBN 9781450401616. info
  • BURKE, Louise and Vicki DEAKIN. Clinical Sports Nutrition. 4th ed. Sydney: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2010, xix, 715. ISBN 9780070277205. info
Teaching methods
lectures and seminars
Assessment methods
- regular attendance (2 abstentions absent)
- performance of assigned tasks in seminars (worksheets - processing, evaluation, evaluation of menus)
- final written test of 20 questions (combination of open and test questions), min. 75% success rate (possibility of a corrective test)
- oral exam (conditions of the course - attendance, successful assembling of the test and submission of all completed tasks - worksheets)
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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