The Dairy Council for Northern Ireland hosted a sports nutrition seminar on the evening of Thursday 12th December at W5, Odyssey, Belfast.
Professor Louise Burke, Chief of Nutrition Strategy at the Australian Institute of Sport presented on ‘New ideas about calcium and bone health in athletes’.
Ruth Wood–Martin, Head of Nutrition at the IRFU gave a practical account of fuelling the Irish team before and during the Rugby World Cup in Japan.
We also head from world champion boxer Kellie Harrington and Ireland rower Dr Philip Doyle on the role of nutrition in their training and performance.
The seminar was chaired by Dr Sharon Madigan, Head of Performance Nutrition, Sport Ireland Institute.
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Professor Louise Burke
New ideas about calcium and bone health in athletes
Ruth Wood–Martin
The road to (and in) Japan: the nutrition journey of RWC 2019
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