Explain the relationship between nutrition and injury, illness, and health conditions.

Explanation should include the effect of nutrition on

• injuries (e.g., dehydration, fractures, cramping, strain)
• illnesses (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease)
• health conditions (e.g., obesity, osteoporosis, hormone imbalance).

Process/Skill Questions:

• What are the long-term consequences, from an injury or illness perspective, of taking anabolic steroids, nutritional supplements, and other ergogenic aids?
• What role do age, gender, socioeconomic, and ethnicity play when evaluating nutritional considerations to prevent or address injury or illness?