Topic outline

  • General

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  • Module content and topics

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    Module content:

    • General nutritional science / dietetics
    • The physiological foundations of nutrition and energy delivery in sport
    • How nutrition influences sporting performance
    • Nutritional and diet-related problems in international elite sports

    Module topics:

    1. Introduction – 11th April (online)
    2. Energetics – 25th April 
    3. Body composition – assessment and optimization – 2nd May 
    4. Practical session – Measuring resting and exercise energy expenditure and body composition – 9th May
    5. Macronutrients: carbohydrates and fats – 16th May
    6. Macronutrients: Protein - Nutrition for optimal protection and recovery from the injury – 23rd May
    7. Practical session – Creating a meal plan for an athlete – 30th May
    8. Micronutrients seminar – 20th of June
    9. Hydration – 27th June - guest lecture 
    10. Food first approach in high-performance sports – date will be defined - guest lecture 
    11. Specific considerations in elite sports - seminar – date will be defined

     

  • Course organization

    Module leaders: Dr Tim Meyer and Dolores Dravinec, MSc, PhD student in Sports Nutrition

    Module help and coordination: Dr Florian Beaudouin

    International guest lecturers: will be announced

    • The course will take place every Monday from 11th of April until 27th June 2022 (excluding 18th of April - Easter Monday) from 2:00 – 4:00 pm in the facilities of the Institute for Sports and Preventive Medicine, room 022. In a case, in-person teaching is not possible (due to the COVID regulations) teaching will be done online on the TEAM’s platform.
    • The module content will be divided into 10 topics which will be covered in the form of lectures, seminars, and practical sessions followed by discussions and guest talks.
    • Recommended key literature: a textbook Sports Nutrition (Jeukendrup and Gleeson, 2019) - can be borrowed in the University library or purchased online - https://us.humankinetics.com/products/sport-nutrition-3rd-edition-epub
    • Additional recommended literature: papers and videos which will be uploaded on Moodle
    • For the exam, students will be asked to write an essay – a critical review on a certain topic or a nutrition guideline and a meal plan for a certain sport. More information will follow.

  • Learning outcomes/skills

    After completing this module, students will:

    • have a fuller understanding of international recommendations on sports nutrition and energy delivery in sport
    • appreciate how nutrition and sports performance are linked
    • have acquired a systematic overview of the subject matter, methods and principles as well as the problems and areas of application of dietetics in high-performance sport

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

    • describe, apply and critically assess different forms of diet and nutrition in a variety of sports while taking account of cultural differences
    • asses, implement and evaluate dietary programmes for specific purposes or to meet specific objectives in different seasonal cycles

  • Information about the module

    For more information about the module content or any other information related to the module organization please contact Mrs Dolores Dravinec dolores.dravinec@uni-saarland.de

  • Students' feedback

    We appreciate students' feedback and always aim to improve the sports nutrition module and make it each year more suitable to students' wishes and needs. Below you can find out what students who participated in the nutrition seminar in summer semester 2021 said about the module:

    - 80% of students were fully satisfied with the topics covered in the seminars.

    - 80% of students were very satisfied with the time and information provided per topic.

    - 100% of students were fully satisfied with the practical information provided.

    - Students especially liked guest talks and practical sessions and suggested another practical session.

    NEW in summer semester 2022

    ! We have decided to introduce a new practical session on meal planning and creating a dietary plan for an elite athlete and to introduce new guest speakers, experts in the field of sports nutrition.