Nutrition for Dance and Performance

This textbook covers nutrition for the scenarios dancers face, including day to day training and rehearsals, peak performance, injuries, immunonutrition, nutrition and stress management. This book guides the reader through the macronutrients making up the diet, their chemical structure and their role in health and optimal performance.

Jasmine Challis is a freelance Registered Nutritionist (UK Association for Nutrition) and Dietitian registered with the Health Care Professions Council, and is on the UK Sport and Exercise Nutrition Register (SENr) focussing on dance. She completed a MRes in Sport and Exercise Science in 2018. She is on the Dance Medicine and Science Expert Panel for One Dance UK and is on the board of The Bridge Dance Project. She has worked across the dance field for over 30 years giving talks, running workshops and providing 1:1 sessions for dancers and dance students.

1. Dance Nutrition 2. Food and the Dancer 3. Energy for Dance 4. Carbohydrate for Training and Performance 5. Protein for Strength and Body Maintenance 6. Dietary Fat for Health and Longevity 7. Hydration for Stamina and Performance Optimisation 8. Supplements to Support Health and Performance (To Supplement Food Not Replace It) 9. Body Composition 10. Disordered Eating 11. Health and Performance 12. Plant Based Diets for Dancers 13. Clinical Nutrition