Eating, Body Weight and Performance for Athletes

Eating, body weight and performance in athletes - an introduction; determinants of food intake - hunger and satiety; detertminants of body weight regulation; nutrient intake and the regulation of body weight and body composition; nutrition and human performance; body weight and body composition; physique and body composition - effects on performance and effects of training, semi-starvation and overtraining; pathology and development of eating disorders - implications for athletes; prevalence of eating disorders in athletes; social factors and the ideal body shape; weight cycling in athletes - effects on behaviour, physiology and health; eating disorders in males - a special case; general health issues of low body weight and undereating in athletes; medical issues in the eating disorders; eating, body weight and menstrual function; amenorrhea, body weight and osteoporosis; physiological and psychological effects of overtraining; modern athletics - the pressure to perform; sound nutrition for the athlete; body weight standards and athletic performance; clinical treatment of eating disorders; management of eating problems in athletic settings.