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Nutrition and Physical Load
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:22.08.2022 10:19:52
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUUK_151 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science; Theory and History of Sports | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māra Kampara | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Sports and Nutrition | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 3 Cigorinu Street, suuk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67611559 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of the human anatomy and physiology, basics of nutrition. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To introduce students with evidence - based information and topicalities of nutrition science in the area of health – enhancing physical activity and sports. To develop understanding of methods of information acquisition and processing and their analytical evaluation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the study course. Characterisation of physical loads. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Energy production in the body. Use of energy for different types of physical activity. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Sports dietitian's responsibilities. Antidoping. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The main nutrients. Nutrition for endurance sports. Test. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Presentation of the idea of dietary recommendations. | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Hydratation. Alcohol. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Dietary supplements in sport. Substantiation, benefits and risks of their use. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Practical nutritional advice for athletes. Presentation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent studies and analysis of the scientific literature. Creating a nutrition advice. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of lectures/classes – 10% Participation in seminars, high-quality performance of independent work within the deadlines, demonstration of the acquired knowledge and own opinion – 20% Preparation and presentation of the recommendations – 35% Knowledge test – 35%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Ability to show the basic knowledge characteristic to the most important concepts of the sports nutrition science. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Skills to define and describe information, problems and solutions analytically in the field of sports nutrition and to debate. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to obtain, analyse and use information to make decisions and solve problems in the area concerned. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rubana I.M. Uzturs fiziskā slodzē. RaKa, 2010 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Burke L., Cox G. The Complete Guide to Food for Sports Performance: Peak Nutrition for Your Sport. Allen&Unwin, 2010 | ||||||||
| 2 | Clark N. Nancy Clark’s Sports Nutrition Guidebook, 5th ed. Human Kinetics, 2014 | ||||||||
| 3 | Lenham-New S., Shirreffs S. and Stear S., eds. Nutrition Society Textbook : Sport and Exercise Nutrition. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 | ||||||||
| 4 | Maughan R. J. Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine : IOC Medical Commission Publication, Sports Nutrition; John Wiley & Sons, 2013 | ||||||||
| 5 | Rosenbloom C.A., Coleman E.J. Sports Nutrition: A Handbook for Professionals. 6th Revised edition, 2017. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org/ | ||||||||
| 2 | American Council on Exercise https://www.acefitness.org/ | ||||||||
| 3 | International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism http://journals.humankinetics.com/IJSNEM | ||||||||
| 4 | Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition http://www.jissn.com/ | ||||||||
| 5 | The Australian Institute of Sport http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/nutrition | ||||||||
