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Sports Nutrition
Introduction
The interaction between Nutrition and Sport is widely recognised. There have been a large number of studies that show the relationship between nutritional intake and its effects on physical activities, be it for leisure or for high level performances. This guide is intended to be a general introduction to the subject of Sports Nutrition. It is not to be seen as an exhaustive guide. It is aimed at students at undergraduate level and for researchers.
Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine
Oxford: Blackwell Scientific 1988
Vol. 1. The Olympic Book of Sports Medicine
Vol. 2. Endurance in Sport
Vol. 3. Strength and Power in Sport (O/P)
Vol. 4. Sports Injuries: basic principles of prevention and care
Vol. 5. Clinical Practice of Sports Injury Prevention and Care (O/P)
Vol. 6. The Child and Adolescent Athlete.
Vol. 7. Nutrition and Sport
Vol. 8. Women in sport
Vol. 9. Biomechanics in Sport
Food and Nutrition Encyclopedia volume 1: A-H
London: CRC 1994 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 084938981X
Food and Nutrition Encyclopedia volume 2: I-Z
London: CRC 1994 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 0849389828
Books
Bean, A. The Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition
London: A & C Black, 2003, (4th edition).
ISBN: 0713667419
Coleman, E. Eating for Endurance
Palo Alto: Bull Publishing Co., 2003, (4th edition).
ISBN: 0923521755
Di Pasquale, M. Amino Acids and Proteins for the Athlete: the anabolic
edge
Boca Raton: CRC Press 1997.
ISBN: 0849381932
McArdle, W. D., Katch, F. I. and Katch, V. L. Exercise Physiology:
energy, nutrition and human performance
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 2001, (5th edition).
ISBN: 0781725445
Manore, M.M. and Thompson, J.L. Sport nutrition for health and performance
Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2000.
ISBN 0873229398 (O/P)
Peterson, M. and Peterson, K. Eat to Compete: a guide to sports nutrition
St. Louis: Mosby, 1996, (2nd edition).
ISBN: 0815167865
Ridgway, J. and Griffin, J. Food for Sport and Fitness
London: Pan, 1997.
ISBN: 0330353780 (O/P)
Strain, J. J. (ed.) Nutrition and Sport
London: Society of Chemical Industry, 1995.
ISBN: 0901001805.
Williams, M. The Ergogenics Edge
Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 1997.
ISBN: 0880115459
Williams, M. H. Nutrition for Health, Fitness and Sport
Boston, Mass.: WCB/McGraw-Hill, 2004 (7th edition).
ISBN: 0072441704
Wolinsky, I and Driskell, J. A. (eds) Sports Nutrition: Vitamins and
Trace Elements
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997.
ISBN: 0849381924
Wolinsky, I. Nutrition in Exercise and Sport
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1998 (3rd edition).
ISBN: 0849385601
Wootton, S. Nutrition for Sport
London: Simon & Schuster, 1993 (2nd edition).
ISBN: 0671712306
Journals
There is only one major journal dedicated to Sports Nutrition.
International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism
(USA)
Journals generally covering sports medicine and nutrition may have relevant articles on Sports Nutrition.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (USA)
British Journal of Nutrition (UK)
British Journal of Sports Medicine (UK)
European Journal of Nutrition (UK)
International Journal of Sports Medicine (GER)
International Journal of Sport Nutrition (USA)
Journal of Applied Physiology (USA)
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics (USA)
Journal of Nutrition (USA)
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness (ITA)
Journal of Sport Sciences (UK)
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (USA)
Peak Performance (UK)
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (UK)
Sports Medicine Digest (USA)
Abstracts and Indexes
Some institutions and organisations offer literature searches for a fee. Others may require membership or subscription for services. BIDS (Bath Information Data Services) and the ISI Web of Knowledge are subscription services available in most Higher Education institutions. For further details enquire at your library.
Embase is available online and on CD-Rom. Coverage spans all areas of human medicine and related biomedical research, with 6 million abstracts dating back to 1980.
Food Science and Technology Abstracts deals with all aspects of
food - from science, to production to packaging. Articles are indexed
from journals, patents, books, conference proceedings, reports, etc. Subject
coverage includes health and nutrition. Available in online and CD-Rom
formats.
Medline / PubMed
is available on CD-Rom and online.
It covers all aspects of medicine and related biological sciences. Medline
is compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains information
from over 4500 scientific and medical journals and includes over 12 million
records.
Nutrition and Food Sciences is available online from CAB International. This resource includes references with abstracts. Subjects include sports nutrition.
Nutrition Databases are available via the online and in print from CAB International. These databases correspond to the journals Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews Series' A & B.
SMART is now only available online. Produced by the National Sports Medicine Institute, it lists recently published research in the field of Sports Medicine including references from international sports medicine literature and from a wide range of scientific and medical publications. Subscribers can order copies of articles from the NSMI collection.
SPORTDiscus is available online and on CD-Rom. It was developed by the Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), SPORTDiscus covers both the practical and research literature on sport, physical fitness and physical education. It indexes periodical articles, books, conference proceedings, dissertations and theses, research papers and other publishing forms. It also includes HERACLES, a French language bibliographic database covering sport, physical education and fitness.
Sports Documentation Monthly Bulletin, is produced by the University
of Birmingham, Centre for Sports Science and History Lists articles from
Britain and abroad. Subject coverage is sports science, physical education
and recreation studies.
Conferences
Index to Conference Proceedings.
Produced by The British Library, it is available in printed form and online
from The
British Library Public Catalogue. The print index is produced annually.
The subject coverage includes sport and related subjects.
Theses and Dissertations
Index to Theses accepted for Higher Degrees in the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland is a bi-annual publication with abstracts from ASLIB. It is available in paper and online formats on subscription.
Sport and Leisure Research on Disc. From The University of Sheffield,
it indexes MAs, MScs, MEs, MPhils and PhDs from UK universities.
Subject Gateways
Gateways organise subjects under broad headings. They are regularly updated.
ALTIS
The guide to Internet resources in hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism.
BUBL
A national information service for the Higher Education community.
OMNI
Organising Medical Networked Information is the UK's gateway to biomedical
Internet resources. Coverage includes medicine, biomedicine, allied health,
health management and related topics
Other Web Resources
International Food Information Council (IFIC)
Australian Institute of Sports Nutrition
Email Discussion Lists on the Web
Email discussion groups allow individuals to communicate with others who share the same interests.
JISCmail provides over 2,000 discussion lists for the UK Higher Education community Lists for tourism include: heritage, small-tourism-firms, tourism, tourism-marketing and tourism anthropology.
Organisations and Libraries
British Dietetic Association
5th Floor,
Charles House,
148/9 Great Charles Street,
Queensway,
Birmingham.
B3 3HT.
Tel: 0121 200 8080
Email: info@bda.uk.com
Publication: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
British Nutrition Foundation
High Holborn House
52-54 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6RQ
Tel: 020 7404 6504
Fax: 020 7404 6747
Email: postbox@nutrition.org.uk
Publications: BNF Nutrition Bulletin, BNF Briefing Papers.
The Nutrition Society
10 Cambridge Court
210 Shepherds Bush Road
London
W6 7NT
Tel: 020 7602 0228
Fax: 020 7602 1756
Email: office@nutsoc.org.uk
Publications: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, Nutrition Research
Reviews, Public Health Nutrition and British Journal of Nutrition
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Centre for Sports
Science and History
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham.
B15 2TT.
Tel: 0121 4145817
Fax: 0121 4714691
Email: library@bham.ac.uk
Publications : Sports Documentation Monthly Bulletin.
CENSSH provides a document delivery service.
The National Sports Medicine Institute
of the United Kingdom
32 Devonshire Street,
London,
W1G 6PX
Tel: 020 7908 3636
Fax: 020 7908 3635
Email: enquiry@nsmi.org.uk
Publications: NSMI News, Sport Physiotherapy, Ergogenic Aids in Sport,
Sports Nutrition, Sports Medicine Bulletin and Sports Medicine Register
described as a "who's who" of sports medicine in the UK. NSMI
have an extensive library and will provide literature searches for a fee.
Also produce the database SMART.
Bookshops
Sportspages the specialist
sports bookshop
Caxton Walk,
94-96 Charing Cross Road,
London
WC2H 0JG
Tel: 020 7240 9604
Publishers
Coachwise 1st4sport
Chelsea Close
Off Amberley Road
Armley
Leeds
LS12 4HP
Tel: 0113 201 5555
Fax: 0113 231 9606
Email: enquiries@1st4sport.com
Human Kinetics
107 Bradford Road
Stanningley
Leeds
LS28 6AT
Tel: 0113 255 5665
Fax: 0113 255 5885
Email: hk@hkeurope.com
Spon Press
11 New Fetter Lane
London EC4P 4EE
UK
Tel: 0207 583 9855
Fax: 0207 842 2300
Email: info.sponpress@sponpress.com
Wiley (Europe)
The Atrium
Southern Gate,
Chichester
West Sussex PO 19 8SQ
Tel: 1243 779777
Fax: 1243 775878
This guide was written by Denise Amalemba for SPRIG. Updated by Allison Davis.
©The copyright of this publication is held by SPRIG. For more information about SPRIG email info@sprig.org.uk
February 2004