Sports Nutrition for Teen Athletes: Eat Right to Take Your Game to the Next Level

by Dana Meachen Rau

Overview

Whether you’re smashing a home run, scoring a goal, or setting up a teammate for a spike, you need energy. A healthful, balanced diet will give you the energy you need to take the field like a champion. Provide your body with fuel and stay hydrated, and you’ll be ready for any challenge that comes your way!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429680004
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2012
Series:	Sports Training Zone Series
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	404,028
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	NC910L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Dana Meachen Rau is an author, editor, and illustrator of children’s books. She has written more than 100 books for children, many of them nonfiction in subjects including astronomy, history, and geography, as well as numerous biographies. She lives in Burlington, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.

Table of Contents

Fuel the fire — Nutrient news — The function of fluids — Improve your performance — The right way to build your body.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 6–9—Regardless of their sport, students will find much to appreciate in these titles. Each volume starts with a brief introduction about the importance of training for continued skill-building and uses real-life examples of Olympic champions and professional players who embody a dedication to proper training. Clear, step-by-step instructions for drills that target specific parts of the body are accompanied by photographs of a male or female teen performing that exercise. Nutrition explains how carbs, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water work within the body to release energy. It offers healthful options for meals and snacks, and guidelines on what to eat before, during, and after a strenuous workout. Glossaries are mostly thorough, but they sometimes leave out concepts that are defined in the body of the text.

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