Food, Nutrition and Sports Performance II: The International Olympic Committee Consensus on Sports Nutrition

Subjects discussed at this conference include energy balance and body composition, the role of carbohydrate, the role of proteins and amino acids and athlete fluid and electrolyte requirements. Energy balance and body composition in sports and exercise / Anne B. Loucks -- Carbohydrates and fat for training and recovery / Louise M. Burke, Bente Kiens, John L. Ivy -- Pre-exercise carbohydrate and fat ingestion / Mark Hargreaves, John A. Hawley, Asker Jeukendrup -- Fluid and fuel intake during exercise / Edward F. Coyle -- Fluid and electrolyte needs for preparation and recovery from training and competition / Susan M. Shirreffs, Lawrence E. Armstrong, Samuel N. Cheuvront -- Protein and amino acids for athletes / Kevin D. Tipton, Robert R. Wolfe -- Dietary antioxidants and exercise / Scitt K. Powers ... [et al.] -- Dietary supplements / Ron J. Maughan, Doug S. King, Trevor Lea -- Exercise, nutrition and immune function / Michael Gleeson, David C. Nieman, Bente K. Pedersen -- Nutritional strategies to influence adaptations to training / Lawrence L. Spriet, Martin J. Gibala -- Protein and amino acid requirements of athletes / D. Joe Millward -- Exertional hyponatraemia / Lawrence E. Armstrong