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WINForum Executive Summary
The WINForum meets four times each year.
At these sessions nutrition experts present on nutrition and health issues relevant to today’s athletes, coaches, athletic trainers, and health/nutrition educators. Following each session, an Executive Summary is created.
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WINForum Sports Nutrition Game Plan
The 3rd annual WINForum fall clinic was held on October 28th, 2009 at the University of Washington’s Conibear Shell House. About 40 high school coaches and athletic trainers attended the session where Dr. Brian Krabak, UW Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Emily Edison, M.S., R.D., UW Sports Dietitian, introduced the WINForum Sports Nutrition Game Plan.
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Sports Diet Dilemmas
The WINForum clinic for summer 2009 took place during the WIAA Coaches’ School at the Yakima Convention Center on July 31st. Over 140 coaches attended the sessions where Emily Edison, MS, RD, Western Washington WINForum Coordinator and Sports Dietitian for the University of Washington Athletics Department, presented information and advice on “Sports Diet Dilemmas” so that coaches can help their athletes better understand the connection between healthy eating and peak athletic performance.
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Sports Nutrition Game Plan
About 20 parents, coaches, athletes and soccer enthusiasts attended the workshop, where Emily Edison, M.S., R.D. and Sports Dietitian for the UW Athletics Department, presented information and advice on building a proper diet for young athletes. Her advice was founded upon the five food groups identified in the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans and stressed the importance of fruits, vegetables, grains and low-fat dairy products – which together provide the fuel our bodies need to perform at their best.
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Overfed, But Undernourished
Sara Schofield, R.D. and Coordinator of Sports Nutrition at WSU, offered advice on making healthy, nutrient-rich foods a part of an athlete’s diet. Healthy foods include fruits, vegetables, grains, and low-fat dairy to provide proper nutrition for the body to perform at its best.
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Read Past Executive Summaries Here
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