pay careful attention to how much they eat. Increase calories by providing healthy snacks, energy bars, high-calorie nutrition drinks, and evening snacks. The best-fueled athlete is the better ...

The Olympic are here, and as we watch super humans (aka professional athletes) perform impressive physical feats, you may wonder what exactly they eat to be able to do these incredible things.

"A good diet isn't going to turn a mediocre athlete into a champion, but a champion eating a bad diet may just miss out," she told CNN. Training is the key to improving athletic performance ...

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Chef April Thompson is offering a cooking class titled “Eat Like An Athlete.” The class, geared for ages 18 and older, is 6 ...

Student Athletes Don't Know How To Fuel With Food ... A lack of knowledge about nutrition was rated the most common barrier to eating healthy (37%), followed by a lack of energy or motivation ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — High school student-athletes adjusting to life at college with no organized team sports may have a tough time eating right and exercising, says a Purdue University expert. "One ...

A healthy diet means that you are eating all the right things ... This is the case for elite sportspeople. An Olympic athlete has a diet made up mostly of protein and carbohydrates.

In recent years, physicians and researchers have seen a rise in orthorexia, disordered eating focused on extreme healthy eating. In 1997, physician Steven Bratman coined the term “orthorexia ...

Nutritionists can help athletes figure out the right amounts to eat to stay healthy for competition. All athletes are tested for banned substances using these doping kits. (MICHELE LIMINA/AFP ...

Early detection and effective treatment are necessary to prevent the problematic medical and psychological consequences of eating and weight disorders. Research has found that athletes often feel ...

Eating disorders impact millions of Americans with 9% expected to be affected at some point in their lives. Rogelio Mares reports how one local athlete is using her own experience to take her ...