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Parent’s Nutritional Checklist

The following checklist can help you locate nutritional resource materials relevant to young athletes. It can also help determine whether your child athlete might benefit from nutritional counselling. If you answer "yes" to any of the following questions, you and your child may benefit from a nutritional consultation with a dietitian who has met the criteria of the CAC Sport Nutrition Registry or who is affiliated with your Canadian Sport Centre.

Does Your Son or Daughter . . .	Yes	No	Not Sure
Compete in a team sport?
Compete in a sport with weight classification?
Compete in a sport that emphasizes low body weight?
Need help choosing meals and snacks?
Need help choosing fluids?
Follow a vegetarian style of eating?
Avoid specific foods such as wheat, red meat, or milk?
Require a special diet for a medical condition such as diabetes?
Have any food allergies, intolerances, or sensitivities?
Struggle to maintain body weight?
Feel the need to lose weight?
Feel the need to gain weight?
Have a diagnosed or suspected nutrient deficiency (e.g. iron)?
Ever have stress fractures?
Frequently get a cold or flu?
Recover slowly after being ill?
Compete or train in hot and/or humid environments?
Compete or train in cold and/or dry environments?
Suffer from unusal fatigue *before* workouts or competition?
Suffer from unusal fatigue *during* workouts or competition?
Suffer from unusal fatigue *after* workouts or competition?
Experience inconsistencies in training and/or competition?
Take dietary supplements (e.g. vitamins, minerals, Echinacea)?
Regularly travel out of town to train or compete?
Have any specific dietary or health concerns?
Live away from family (i.e. on his/her own)?
Prepare his/her meals?
Need help with food budgeting?
Need help with effective grocery shopping?
Does your daughter have irregular menstrual cycles (fewer than 10 cycles in the last 12 months)?

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