NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL FITNESS, NFS 576 and ESS 576

Fall, 2001

Instructors:

Cheryl Lovelady, PhD, RD Office: 312 Stone Building Phone: 256-0310

E-mail: Cheryl_Lovelady@uncg.edu

Office hours: T and Th, 11:00-noon, or by appt.

Laurie Wideman, PhD Office: 237E HHP Building Phone: 334-3234

E-mail: l_widema@uncg.edu

Office hours: T and Th, 11:00-noon, Mon 5-6:30, or by appt.

Required Text:

Sport Nutrition for Health and Performance, by Melinda Manore and Janice Thompson, Human Kinetics, 2000.

Supplemental Text:

Nutrition for Health, Fitness and Sport, by Melvin Williams, McGraw-Hill Publishers, 1998.

Prerequisite courses:

NFS 213, Nutrition and BIO 277, Physiology

Course Objectives: After successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Explain the metabolic pathways used during various forms of physical activity and sport.

2. Explain the role of nutrients in promoting physical performance.

3. Discuss the interrelationship between body composition and health and performance.

4. Critically examine the use of food and supplements as ergogenic aids.

5. Analyze the current theories of how nutrition and physical fitness relate to health promotion and the reduction of chronic disease incidence in the American population.

6. Plan a diet and exercise program for a person participating in some type of athletic event or for a person with a chronic disease.

7. Compare and contrast gender and age specific needs and responses to exercise and dietary intake.

Grading:

3 midterm exams (100 pts each) 300 points

final exam 125 points

diet and exercise project 100 points

TOTAL 525 points

90-100% = A 80-89% = B 70-79% = C 60-69% = D < 60% = F

Plus and minus grades will be given. Assignments handed in late will have 10 percent deducted from the score for each day of tardiness. (E.g., diet project turned in on a Tuesday when it was due on Thursday will have 50 points deducted from the 100 points possible.)

There will be separate questions for graduate students on each of the exams that will require analysis and synthesis of course material at a greater depth than that expected of undergraduate students.

COURSE OUTLINE

Date Topic Text Reading Assignment

8/21 Introduction to course Ch. 1

8/23-8/30 Overview of the metabolic fuels Reserve reading

9/4-9/11 Carbohydrates Ch 2

9/13 EXAM 1

9/18-9/25 Lipids Ch 3

9/27-10/4 Protein Ch 4

10/9 FALL BREAK-NO CLASS

10/11 EXAM 2

10/16 Weight control Ch 5 and 6

10/18 Body composition Ch 7

10/23 Diet prescription Ch 14

10/25 Exercise prescription Ch 14

10/30 Eating disorders Ch 15

11/1 Water and electrolytes Ch 8

11/6-11/8 Minerals Ch 11, 12 and 13

11/13 EXAM 3

11/15-11/20 Vitamins Ch 10

DIET AND EXERCISE PROJECT DUE NOVEMBER 20

11/22 THANKSGIVING

11/27-11/29 Diabetic athlete Reserve reading

12/4 Ultraendurance athlete Reserve reading

12/6 Graduate Student Presentations

12/13 FINAL EXAM: 8:00-11:00