Nutrition and Sports Performance   KHE 208 (2C) 
       By 
       Prof. I. O. Oladipo 
       Department of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 
       Nigeria 
       Edited By Prof. Grace Otinwa 
       Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Lagos, Lagos 
       Nigeria 
         
       Nutrition and sports performance involves a study of nutrients and food needs of people 
       especially  as  it  applies  to  athletic  performance.  Basic  food  groups,  importance  of 
       adequate diet in health disease and sports. Planning the athletics‘ diet, content and meals, 
       nutritional  demands  during  exercise  and  training;  factors  affect  food  selection  and 
       supplementation would be analysed and discussed. 
        
       COURSE CONTENT 
       MODULE One: Explanation Of Concepts In Nutrition And Sports Performance 
          Unit 1.   Nutrition  
              .   Nutrients 
              .   Healthy Diet  
              .   Sports Nutrition 
          Unit 2. Food Needs of People Especially as it Applies to Athletic Performance  
        MODULE Two:  Basic food groups 
           Unit 1. Carbohydrates   
          Unit 2. Proteins  
          Unit 3.  Lipids (fats)  
          Unit 4.  Vitamins   
          Unit 5.  Minerals and Water  
       MODULE Three:    Importance Of Adequate Diet In Health, Disease Prevention And  
                Sports 
          Unit 1. Adequate Diet and Health of an Individual 
          Unit 2. Health Problems That Can Result From Excesses Of Different Nutrients  
          Unit 3. Health Problems That Can Result From Deficiencies Of Different Nutrients 
          Unit 4. Adequate diet and disease prevention 
          Unit 5.Adequate Diet for sports performance 
       MODULE Four: Planning The Athletics‘ Diet, Content And Meals, Nutritional Demands 
       During Exercise And Training 
          Unit 1.  Planning the Athlete‘s Diet 
          Unit 2. Content of Diets and Meals of Athletes 
          Unit 3. Nutritional Demands of Athletes before Competition 
          Unit 4. Nutritional Demands of Athletes during Competition 
          Unit 5. Nutritional Demands of Athletes after Competition  
        
        
        
         MODULE Five 
             Unit 1. Concept of Food 
             Unit 2  Importance of Food.  
             Unit 3.  Food Selection And Factors Affecting Food Selection 
             Unit 4. Food Supplementation  
             Unit 5. Factors Affecting Food Supplementation 
          
          
                                 MODULE 1 
             EXPLANATION OF CONCEPTS IN NUTRITION AND SPORTS 
                              PERFORMANCE 
         Introduction:  
         Good understanding of nutrition education is necessary to effectively train athlete for 
         good performance and good health.  Understanding how energy is produced and how the 
         demand for energy during exercise drives energy utilization is critical to recommending 
         appropriate dietary choices to replace that energy and refuel for the next exercise bout. 
         However, for all individuals, whether physically active or inactive, a ―prudent diet‖ is 
         recommended for general health and prevention of diseases. In this module therefore, you 
         will study the meaning of common terms that will help to understand the concepts of this 
         course.  
                                      
          
          
      UNIT 1: Concept of Nutrition 
      Introduction:  This  unit  explains  the  basic  concepts  in  Nutrition.  It  defines  the 
      meaning and components of nutrition, and, the various nutrients in food. 
      Intended Learning Outcome 
      After studying this unit, you should be able to: 
      1.  Define nutrition in your own words 
      2.  Explain adequate / optimum diet 
      3. State food nutrients 
      4. List three sources of food nutrient 
       
      Nutrition 
         This is the science of food values. It is relatively a new science, which evolved 
      from chemistry and physiology. The effect of food in our body is explained in nutrition. 
      In  other  words,  nutrition  is  defined  as  food  at  work  in  the  body.  In  a  broader  sense 
      nutrition  is  defined  as  ―the  science  of  food,  the  nutrients  and  other  substances;  their 
      action,  interaction,  and  balance  in  relationship  to  health  and  diseases,  the  process  by 
      which the organism ingests, digests, absorbs, transport and utilizes nutrients and dispose 
      off their end products. In addition nutrition must be concerned with the social, economic, 
      cultural and psychological implication of food and eating.‖  
         Therefore, nutrition is the sum total of the processes involved when you take in 
      food,  the  way  you  utilized  the  food  substances,  which  include  ingestion,  digestion, 
      absorption, transport and utilization of nutrients found in food. You will observe that the 
      above definition stresses the biochemical or physiological functions of the food we eat. 
      However,  it  can  still  be  interpreted  in  a  broader  sense  to  include  a  variety  of 
      psychological, sociological and economic factors influencing nutrition.