Coaching Association of Canada: Dining Hall Eating for Top Performance

January 13, 2010

Athletes away from home for camps or competitions, or living in university residences may find healthy eating in a dining hall to be a challenge. The variety of food and relaxed social environment present temptations that can interfere with optimal nutrition.

This month’s Sport Nutrition Tip “Dining Hall Eating for Top Performance” lists the difficulties associated with communal eating and provides food selection strategies when eating in a dining hall.

To read this article and access the Coaching Association of Canada’s sport nutrition resource site for other nutrition tip sheets in the areas of vitamins and minerals, long distance travel, fluids, gaining weight, losing weight, and dietary supplements, please visit the site at: http://www.coach.ca/eng/nutrition/index.cfm .