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Three Tips for Managing Youth Athlete Nutrition

By Amy Jamieson-Petonic, Stack, 12/08/17, 12:00PM PST

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For travel, make sure to bring items to snack on that do not need refrigeration, such as dried fruit, nuts, dry cereal, whole grain tortilla chips, or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Athletes of all ages have different nutritional needs. When working with athletes, there are three specific things to address when providing effective and practical nutrition advice.

1. Physical maturation

2. Mental interpretation of nutritional info

3. Social considerations

In a presentation by my colleague Heather Mangieri, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, at the recent Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Conference in Charlotte, she addressed these three factors to help dietitians provide nutritional advise to athletes that actually works: