Undergraduate Diploma in Nutrition for Physical Exercise and Sports
Sponsored by the College of Graduates in Nutrition Second Circumscription – Santa Fe.
Created on November 24, 2022 by RES. C.S. No. 844/2022.
Academic Coordination: Nicolás De Bueno and Sebastián Palomeque
Technical Secretary : Aldana Scarpecci
:: RATIONALE: Nutrition applied to physical activity and sport aims to establish balanced, complete, varied, and well-calculated patterns to enhance and complement the psychophysical activity of athletes at any level and in any sport. Its objective is the application of nutritional principles to contribute to maintaining health and improving athletic performance.
The close relationship between the quality of food and the state of health and sports practice has highlighted the large number of benefits that maintaining a correct diet and nutrition generates in sports performance and in the health of the athlete, both at the level of professional as well as amateur practice.
Sports nutrition is a field of study in constant evolution, which is why it is essential to update it through relevant literature that allows improving the performance of professionals in these areas of knowledge, providing them with academic-scientific tools that unify criteria in the nutritional care of the patient. active human being. For this, the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, through the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, presents this diploma with the purpose of training current and/or future professionals interested in sports nutrition: the deepening of skills linked to the management of the nutritional evaluation of the athlete, in tools to prepare or interpret feeding and hydration plans, and in the evaluation of different ergogenic nutritional aids such as optimizing training and improving performance through nutrition.
:: GOALS:
- Train professionals capable of integrating interdisciplinary teams that contribute to the development of diagnoses, intervention projects and evaluation of sports performance from the perspective of nutrition in sports.
- Promote a general approach to the problems in the area of nutrition in sports in our country, providing tools to advise and provide concrete solutions.
:: DURATION AND MODALITY:
From April to November. 4 classes will be taught per month (2 classes on Fridays from 18 to 20 p.m. and 2 classes on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.) synchronously and asynchronously and will be divided every 15 days for the 7 Seminars and will culminate with a Final Evaluation . Total: 93 hours.
Virtual modality: with synchronous activities that will be developed through the UNR Virtual Campus (SIED Integrated System of Distance Education) and asynchronous activities (timeless, the material will be available on a virtual campus).
:: ENTRY REQUIREMENTS : secondary or university degree and be related to the health or sports field.
:: TARGET AUDIENCE : Professionals (Nutritionists, Doctors, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education Graduates, Graduates in Physical Activity and/or Sport, Kinesiologists and Psychologists; health and exercise professionals interested in the topic, advanced students.
:: PROGRAM:
Minimum of the Thematic Units:
- Basis of exercise physiology and physical activity for health and quality of life
Type and characteristics of the muscle fiber. Contraction physiology. Concept of systems and energy regulation. Oxygen consumption, utility. Prevalence of fuel according to the type of sport. Training concept. Characteristics of training for strength, speed and endurance sports. Training planning and periodization. HIIT (high intensity interval training) works. Evaluations. Physical activity, Health and Quality of Life. Sedentary lifestyle vs. Active Life: a look from Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Analysis of Physical Activity recommendations for different ages and pathologies. Approaches and updating at national and international level.
- Nutrition for sports training
Definitions and objectives of sports nutrition. Education and communication in sports nutrition. Education and communication in sports nutrition. Dietary evaluations in sports: steps to follow in a nutritional intervention, evaluation parameters, instruments for data collection. Energy and use of substrates in different sports. Nutrition for training and food for competition; differentiation between nutrition for training and competition strategies.
- Body composition and strategies for its optimization.
Body composition in sport. Definition and evaluation of the optimization of body composition and the improvement of sports performance. Nutritional strategies to optimize body composition appropriate for sport. Food strategies and fad diets: their influence on sports performance. A scientific look at diet strategies.
- Nutritional planning in specific sports disciplines.
Basis of nutritional planning in specific sports disciplines; the specific disciplines. Energy and macronutrient requirements of different sports disciplines. Nutritional planning in sports disciplines in strength, speed and endurance sports. Carbohydrates. Proteins. Lipids; Metabolization, functions and recommendations of macronutrients. Carbohydrate intake pre, intra and post exercise. Importance of protein turnover. Gastric emptying, digestion and absorption of fats during exercise. Recommendations. Regulatory nutrients in sport; role of micronutrients in sport, antioxidant complexes. Recommendations. Hydration in sports, water balance, recommendations. Loss and replacement of fluids and electrolytes. Hydration strategies before, during and after. Characteristics of sports drinks. Practical applications of nutritional planning. Practical cases of different sports disciplines. Strategies.
- Supplementation for sports training. Nutrition and sports injuries. Supplements and foods for athletes. Classification, legislation and its regulation in the market. Concept of doping, regulations, current affairs. Nutritional ergogenic aids. Allowed and prohibited supplements (classification according to AIS). Scientific advances in the implementation and improvement of performance and body composition. Nutrition for the prevention and treatment of injuries.
- Sports nutrition in specific populations.
Nutrition in specific populations; physiological bases and nutritional planning in children, adolescents and older adults. Chronic non-communicable diseases and sport; metabolic syndrome, DBT type 1 and 2, cardiovascular diseases, obesity and overweight. Vegetarian and vegan diet in recreational and high-performance athletes; strategies, nutritional monitoring. Essential nutrients, their biochemistry, bioavailability in plant foods. Specific nutritional care; supplementation.
- Psychological aspects of physical activity and sport related to Nutrition.
Psychology and its relevance in physical activity and sports. Nutrition, the origins of the subject. Need, demand, desire. The body in its psychic dimension. The subjective impact produced by injuries in athletes, its link to nutritional factors. The effects of social and sports pressure on subjectivity and its impact on nutritional habits. Food problems from a psychological-nutritional point of view.
Final evaluation.
Certification: Once the Final Evaluation is approved, a certificate will be delivered that will be issued by the Universidad Nacional de Rosario. This certification does not constitute a degree and, therefore, does not qualify for professional practice.
:: REPORTS:
Attached files:
Diplo Resolution of undergraduate nutrition and sports 2023CS 844 22