| Your nutrition team will consist of 4 experts.
Needs Analysis Team
1. Exercise Physiologist - You are to research about
the physical demands of the sport. For example: Is it anerobic, aerobic,
both? What energy systems are used? What kind of exercises whould they do?
Do all the athletes on the team have the same physical demands/do they vary
position to position?
2. Special Needs Nutritionist - You are to research
about the special needs of athletes. Examples may be athletes who are
diabetic, have food allergies, may be vegetarians, have celiac disease,
lactose intolerant, are overweight/underweight etc.
3. Scientific Nutritionist - You need to gather
information about athletes caloric requirments, the nutritional information
on the foods you will use to feed your team (calories, food labels/carbs,
protein, fat, fiber, water, vitamins, minerals...), and special needs of
those athletes who need to lose weight/gain weight.
4. Marketing Department/Publicist - You have 3 main
jobs to do. First, you are to to design and distribute information
brochures to hand out to your athletes. Second, you also will design
posterboards to hang up in the cafeteria that contain useful dietary
information. Finally, you will design individual nutrition tracking cards
(include daily & weekly)for the athletes to keep track of and evaluate their
meal choices with the nutrition staff.
After you have completed your needs analysis, your group will design a meal
plan for your sports team.
1. Design a multimedia presentation to give to your sports team.
2. Design an 1- off-season & in-season meal plan; 2- pre-contest nutritional
program; 3- Sample menus for your athletes for their meals.
3. Design both a resource guide and an educational pamphlet for your team.
4. Design evaluation tools to improve the program.
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