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Nutrition for Sport and Exercise,

2nd Ed, Jacqueline R. Berning and Suzanne Nelson Steen. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 297 pp, 1998

Professor and Chair
Department of Food, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences
College of Agriculture
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Nutrition for Sport and Exercise, 2nd Ed, Jacqueline R. Berning and Suzanne Nelson Steen. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 297 pp, 1998.

This book of fourteen chapters and four appendices emphasizes the metabolic roles and importance of nutrients in exercise and athletic performance.

The information throughout the chapters is accurate and easily understood by anyone with a basic knowledge of physiology and biochemistry. A chapter on exercise physiology introduces the text. Some of the chapters, notably Chapter Two on Carbohydrates and Chapter Nine on Body Composition Assessment and Relationship to Athletic Performance, are written with great vigor. Discussions of the glycemic index, food exchange system, the role of high carbohydrate beverages in athletic performance and carbohydrate depletion and loading make Chapter Two very useful to the practitioner whose nutrition background is not too strong. Chapter Seven on Nutritional Ergogenic Aids is an important quick-reference source for those practicing in the field. It gives an unbiased account of the many products sold to athletes to improve performance. Chapter Three on Protein Requirements of Athletes and Chapter Six on Antioxidant Supplementation for Persons Who Are Physically Active are somewhat limited in scope.

The detailed information given in Chapter Thirteen, Nutrition for the School-Age Child Athlete, and Chapter 14, Eating While Traveling, provide practical tips for both educators and athletes, especially those involved in international competitions.

The authors have produced an informative, practical text, which is an important reference source for workers in the fields of sport and exercise. Regrettably missing from this book, however, is a chapter on vitamins, although vitamins C and E are mentioned in the chapter on antioxidants.

The book concludes with four appendices. These include material on caloric expenditure for various physical activities, clinical signs associated with nutrient deficiencies, body composition and O_2max data for male and female athletes. These appendices are useful tools of references at the fingertips of practitioners.

Received January 1, 2000.

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