title: Nutrition and athletic performance.
abstract: This supplement is based on presentations made at the "First International Congress on Nutrition and Athletic Performance" held at the Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 8-11, 2001. This conference was stimulated by an increasing awareness of the potential benefits and risks of diet modification and supplementation for elite athletic performance. This supplement summarizes recent findings and commentary on new research directions in nutrition and athletic performance by 22 invited plenary speakers from around the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G2P5.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Baracos
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D013177:Sports / Q000502:physiology*