Human Kinetics

Practical Nutrition for Sports Medicine and Fitness Professionals concentrates on the use of regular dietary means of improving performance nutrition. This e-book arms sports medicine and fitness professionals with the knowledge to help clients achieve their goals through proper nutrition. Readers will learn to navigate the USDA's MyPlate...

Authored by a consultant to NFL and NBA players and world-class bodybuilders, Power Eating combines the most up-to-date scientific and practical advice to address the unique nutritional requirements of the power athlete. The result is an approach that has helped thousands of athletes reach their physique and performance goals-safely and legally....

The Athlete's Guide to Making Weight presents practical guidelines for determining, achieving, and maintaining proper weight and body composition for 21 different sports. You or your coach will be able to create plans tailored to your individual goals. Whether you need to gain muscle, lose fat, or control water weight, this is an essential book....

Health Professionals' Guide to Physical Management of Parkinson's Disease expertly distills and blends diverse research-based sources with the author's own extensive clinical experience to comprehensively address the physical management of Parkinson's disease....

Ergonomics in Sport and Physical Activity: Enhancing Performance and Improving Safety is the first text to provide an in-depth discussion of how the principles of ergonomics can be applied in the context of sport and other physical activities to reduce injury and improve performance....

Over the past 50 years, there has been a dramatic increase in the prevalence of interrelated metabolic disease states, including obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. In modern Western nations, the population-based prevalence of insulin resistance is approaching 20%, and type 2 diabetes is now the most common endocrine disorder...