Special Needs Assignment
No two athletes are exactly the same. Some may be overweight, underweight,
diabetic, are vegetarians, have food allergies like celiac disease or
lactose intolerance and/or other conditions.
Some athletes deal with a condition called "muscle dysmorphia".
Pick a few special situations and research them.
Ideas include:
Diabetic athletes, Vegetarians, Lactose Intolerance, Celiac Disease/Gluten
Allergy, Peanut Allergies, Anorexia/Bulemia (only if that applies to your
chosen sport)etc.
Your job is to understand how you can alter their meal plan and still give
your athletes the proper nutrition that they need. Learn about these
conditions and how to feed these ahtletes with special needs. Describe how
you would alter the diets of these special populations and adjust their meal
plans. After your team has made menus for the athletes, show how you would
change the menu and give alternatives for those athletes with these food
allergies/special needs.
Internet Links
Nancy Clark is a registered dietician who specializes in feeding athletes.
She has worked with many professional sports teams and athletes
http://www.nancyclarkrd.com/
This is Nancy Clark's web page that takes you to many useful links.
http://www.nancyclarkrd.com/links/index.html#1
University of Illinois Sports and Nutrition.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hsnut/
Sports nutrition from Australia
http://www.ais.org.au/nutrition/
Ask the dietitian
http://www.dietitian.com/sportnut.html
Food and nutrition information center. US gov't.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000054.html
International Society of Sports Nutrition
http://www.sportsnutritionsociety.org/site/index.php
Sports Nutrition for Vegetarian Athletes
http://www.adksportsfitness.com/august2003/columns/nutrition.html
Sports Nutrition for Diabetic Athletes
http://www.adksportsfitness.com/september2002/columns/nutrition.html
Sports Nutrition for Special Populations
http://www.healthcrazed.com/uses.htm
Brown University - Female Athlete Triad
http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Health_Services/Health_Education/nutrition/ec_fatriad.htm
Childrens Hospital in Boston - health and nutrition for teens
http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/triad.html
NISMAT Sports Nutrition Corner
http://www.nismat.org/nutricor/zone.html
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
http://www.healthinschools.org/sh/obesity.asp
Teen Health info on food allergies
http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/
U Mass - Center for Nutrition in Sport and Human Performance
http://www.umass.edu/cnshp/
Northwestern University - Nutrition. Good site.
http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/nutrition/tools-resources/links.html
Sodexho - Balance Mind, Body and Soul
http://www.balancemindbodysoul.com/
The "New" Food Pyramid
http://www.mypyramid.gov
Harvard University Health & Nutrition Information
http://www.health.harvard.edu/
Harvard University Health Newsletter Publication
http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Health_Letter.htm
Athletes & Protein
http://www.exrx.net/Nutrition/Protein.html
University of Montana - sports nutrition
http://btc.montana.edu/olympics/nutrition/eat11.html
Worlds Healthiest Foods
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=specialneed&dbid=10
Mayo Clinic - Good Site
http://www.mayoclinic.com
Human Kinetics - Protein Requirements
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/showexcerpt.cfm?excerpt_id=3470
University of Wisconsin - Stout (nutrition)
http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/naatzd/WeightTraining/index.html
University of Wisconsin - Stout (nutrition)
http://www.uwstout.edu/faculty/naatzd/WeightTraining/nutrition.htm
Sports Nutrition - Carbohydrates
http://www.drugfreesport.com/choices/nutrition/carbohydrate.html
Sports Nutrition for Winter Athletes
http://www.disen.org/hottopics/previous_topics/WinterSports.html
Dr.Weil, MD - Good Site
http://www.drweil.com/u/Home/index.html
University of Arizona - Sports Nutrition
http://cals.arizona.edu/NSC/new/sn/index
William & Mary College - Sports Nutrition
http://www.wm.edu/sportsmedicine/education.html
Good Site for project
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/sportsnutrition/
Gluten Free Foods Website
http://www.glutenfreedom.net/
Other Resources