Upper University Course in Nutritional Advice for Athletes (University Degree + 8 ECTS credits)

Thanks to this in progress in nutritional advice for athletes, know firsthand the ins and outs of the improvement of sports performance through nutrition and dietary. When it has been completed, students will have the general knowledge about the related nutrition applied to the types of physical activity carried out, the fundamental role of a good nutritional strategy in the preparation of entities and in the realization of competitions at all levels, from amateur to elite profiles. In addition, nutritional guidelines will be addressed depending on the type of physical activity to be carried out and on this accompaniment which is essential for the development of optimal physical practice. Finally, a tour of the role of nutrition in the different existing sports tests will be carried out.

- Learn the physiological/biochemical basis of physical activity. - Identify the nutritional requirements of each macronutrient in sports. - Know the influence of nutrition on sports performance. - Apply with concepts of sports nutrition to the type of physical activity carried out. - Study the importance of nutrition in the prevention and recovery of sports injuries

The professional outputs of this course in nutritional advice for athletes are to complement your professional activity of the area of physical activity and sport, with those of sports nutrition, being able to recommend, guide, offer food recommendations to populations that practice a sport in particular or physical activity and improve the health of the population.

With this course in nutritional advice for athletes, you will have the possibility of acquiring specific and personalized training in the field of physical activity and sports, with the area of nutrition adapted to the needs of a specific practice. You will obtain knowledge to know the nutritional needs before, during and after physical practice and provide food guidelines to the population.

This course in nutritional advice for athletes knowing can be aimed at professionals from physical activity and sports sciences, Tafad students want to train and deepen the area of sports nutrition and sports performance. In addition, it may be useful to anyone who has interest in the area of sports nutrition and health.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.