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Diet in Sports and Fitness
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:22.08.2022 15:03:42
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SUUK_168 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jānis Leitis | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of sports physiology and sports biochemistry. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquaint students with scientifically based knowledge in the field of nutrition science related to health-promoting physical activity and sports. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the course "Nutrition in Sports and Fitness". The basics of nutrition | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | A healthy nutrition. Nutrition guidelines. Energy | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Carbohydrates | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Protein | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Product composition evaluation | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Fat | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Water | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Nutrition evaluation – nutrition diary analysis | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Vitamins | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Minerals | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Nutrition during pregnancy and lactation | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | Sports and fitness nutrition goals, guidelines | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 13 | Nutrition for physically active people | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 14 | Nutritional supplements for sports | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 15 | Knowledge test | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent study and analysis of specialised literature; practical tasks and presentation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Cumulative evalutation: Participation in lectures – 10%, participation in classes, high-quality performance of independent work within the deadlines, demonstration of the acquired knowledge and opinion – 30%; Seminar I (presentation) – 30%; Seminar II (test) – 30%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | |||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students are able to demonstrate basic knowledge of the science of nutrition and sports nutrition, as well as an understanding of key concepts and regularities. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students are able to use knowledge to carry out practical tasks, to formulate and analyse information, problems and solutions in the field of nutrition, and to reasonably discuss them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to describe and analyse practical problems in the field of nutrition, select the necessary information and use it to solve problems. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Zariņš Z., Neimane L., Bodnieks E. Uztura mācība. 6. izd.; LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, Rīga, 2018 (2015) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rubana I.M. Uzturs fiziskā slodzē. RaKa, 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 Practice Manual for Professionals, 5th ed. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2012 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Pen: Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition http://www.pennutrition.com/index.aspx | ||||||||
| 2 | The British Dietetic Association https://www.bda.uk.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 | European Food Safety Authority https://www.efsa.europa.eu/ | ||||||||
| 4 | Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics http://www.eatrightpro.org/ | ||||||||
| 5 | American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org/ | ||||||||
| 6 | American Council on Exercise https://www.acefitness.org/ | ||||||||
| 7 | International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism http://journals.humankinetics.com/IJSNEM | ||||||||
| 8 | Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition http://www.jissn.com/ | ||||||||
| 9 | The Australian Institute of Sport http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/nutrition | ||||||||
