Discussion Post: Sports Nutrition & Eating Disorders
• If you were planning to run a marathon, give an example of a day's food intake on one of your 21 mile training days.
Let's say you were going to do this training run around 5:30 p.m. at the end of your work day.
Include DETAILED protein, carbohydrate, fat and fluid recommendations and timing of meal/snacks.
Base these recommendations on your current height and weight. Explain the nutritional rationale for all your suggestions.
• What do you think are some of the reasons for the high incidence of eating disorders...bulimia, anorexia, binge-eating disorder, purging disorder, night time eating syndrome?
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.