Sports Nutrition Services (SNS), directed by Dr. Rita Johnson, rjohnson@iup.edu, and staffed by Department of Food and Nutrition undergraduate and graduate students, is cosponsored by the departments of Food and Nutrition and Sports Medicine.
Location: Basement of the Memorial Field House in the Rehab (Ready) Room
Phone: 724-357-3094
SNS is a nutrition service provided to coaches and athletes to assist in optimizing their athletic performance through good nutritional habits.
Goals of SNS
The goals of SNS are as follows:
- To inform and counsel athletes and coaches about healthful nutrition habits
- To assist the departments of Food and Nutrition and Sports Medicine with educating dietetic and nutrition students as well as student trainers about sports nutrition
- To provide sports nutrition education and practical experience to Food and Nutrition graduate students
Services provided include individual consultations, team presentations, and Nutrition Nuggets. Individual (and group) consultations counsel and educate athletes about several nutrition topics, including enhancing athletic performance, gaining weight, losing weight, eating disorders, and supplements. Team presentations are fifteen- to sixty-minute-long presentations to teams and camps regarding nutrition topics, such as the importance of carbohydrates in performance, fluid replacement, protein needs, eating on the road, pre- and post-competition eating, supplements, ergogenic aids, and safe and effective weight loss or weight gain. Nutrition Nuggets are ten-minute presentations to athletes and coaches during study halls, right before practice, or just after practice on topics that include specific ergogenic aids, snacking to enhance energy, fluid replacement, eating on the road, weight loss, weight gain, pre-competition meals, post-competition meals, carbohydrate loading, and training diets.
In addition to the above services, SNS publishes a newsletter.
