Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport with PowerWeb [Paperback]

Melvin H Williams (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072489413 | ISBN-13: 978-0072489415 | Publication Date: June 14, 2001 | Edition: 6

This textbook provides the reader with thorough coverage of the role nutrition plays in enhancing one's health, fitness and sport performance. Current research and practical activities are incorporated throughout.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 509 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 6 edition (June 14, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072489413
• ISBN-13: 978-0072489415
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,745,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not for a typical student, March 1, 2004

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This review is from: Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport with PowerWeb (Paperback)

This book might serve the purpose of an athlete, but may not be good for a typical student or non-student.
It has cited too many references, as if it is for a student pursuing a research program. An average undergraduate student has no time to scan through piles of references cited in this book.
It has little by way of visual aids.
Its contents do not present a straightforward methodology for an average person to deduce pros and cons of a food menu.
It has some biased opinions. For example, Figure 1.4 does not list Smoking as a possible cause for Lung Cancer.
It does not give any information about the author, apart from the author's being at the Old Dominion University.
The web link www.mhhe.com/williams stated on the back page of this book is not valid. This becomes a frustrating experience.
The book is in Paperback format, is used mainly by community-college students with limited budgets for books, and is not a monopoly book. Many better and cheaper textbooks on this subject are available from other publishers. Thus, this book's price tag of $95 is super high. Even the 7th edition's price tag of $75 seems to be high.

4.0 out of 5 stars Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport, September 17, 2011

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This review is from: Nutrition for Health, Fitness & Sport (Paperback)

Excellent book. It is a great source of knowledge for people that are studying sports nutrition or some reltated to it.

11 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tons of information that you can understand and apply, October 12, 1999

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This review is from: Nutrition For Health, Fitness, And Sport (Paperback)

Melvin Williams has written a great book on sports nutrition. He takes a chapter to cover every nutrient including supplementation and athletic performance in regards to that nutrient. He also covers fluid and electrolytes. He also includes weight loss, weight gain chapters that are very useful for any athlete of any level.