CSSD - Sports Dietetics key terms

A high-energy phosphate system supporting rapid ATP regeneration, particularly relevant to brief maximal efforts and repeated high-intensity exercise contexts.

Stored carbohydrate available for use within muscle, with a role distinct from the liver’s contribution to circulating glucose regulation.

The practical and physiological accessibility of appropriate substrates for the intended work, influenced by total intake, timing, stores, and delivery.

The pattern of protein opportunities across meals and recovery, considered alongside total adequacy, quality, energy intake, and individual needs.

An approximation of sweat loss over time based on a defined protocol and relevant inputs and outputs, not an exact universal future fluid prescription.

The sodium amount per sweat volume under a sampling method and context, distinct from total sodium loss and blood sodium status.

A potentially serious exercise-related low blood-sodium condition requiring appropriate clinical assessment, which cannot be ruled out by assuming all symptoms mean dehydration.

Research relevant to a performance intervention in a specified task, formulation, population, and context, rather than a guarantee for every commercial product.

Independent product testing or verification within a stated programme, useful for reducing some supplement risks but not proving zero risk or efficacy.

Adjustment of nutrition strategies to training and competition demands while maintaining health and overall adequacy, rather than imposing identical restriction every day.

Dietary energy remaining after exercise expenditure relative to fat-free mass, estimated with uncertainty and interpreted alongside broader clinical information.

The IOC framework describing health and performance consequences associated with problematic low energy availability in female and male athletes.

A process identifying possible concerns for further assessment, distinct from a complete diagnosis or an automatic decision about sports participation.

A marker used in evaluating iron stores that can also be influenced by inflammation, requiring context and appropriate related measurements.

Difficulty digesting lactose with variable symptom and dose tolerance, distinct from an immune reaction to the proteins in milk.

A condition requiring an appropriate gluten-free dietary pattern and cross-contact attention, with diagnosis coordinated before changes that can affect testing.

Individualized nutrition assessment and intervention for clinical needs, including practical monitoring and coordination with the relevant healthcare and athlete-support team.

Low blood glucose that can occur after exercise rather than only during it, relevant to individualized monitoring and food-medication planning.

Uncertainty arising from tools, protocols, inputs, or biological variation that limits how precisely an estimate represents the quantity being interpreted.

The identified cause or contributing factor addressed by a nutrition intervention where feasible, such as restricted meal access rather than assumed lack of motivation.

Unintended transfer of an allergenic or restricted ingredient through products, equipment, utensils, handling, or service despite an apparently suitable recipe.

A defined formulation and method with a stated yield and portions, supporting consistency while requiring appropriate adjustments and safety review when scaled.

The usable fraction of a purchased food under a defined preparation process, needed to distinguish raw purchasing quantity from served edible quantity.

Records connecting a product and lot with source, dates, distribution, and recipients, allowing a targeted response to recalls or other identified concerns.

A stock threshold derived from a stated demand, lead-time, and safety-stock model, whose assumptions should be checked against actual operational variation.

An indicator of programme delivery or activity, such as materials distributed, distinct from proof of understanding, intake, health, or performance change.

An observation aligned with a programme’s intended effect, requiring suitable methods and interpretation rather than assuming activity automatically caused improvement.

An educational approach in which the athlete explains or demonstrates the plan, allowing the practitioner to check understanding and correct gaps.

The athlete’s practical ability to obtain and use appropriate food within scheduling, financial, cultural, storage, travel, and other real constraints.

A relationship or incentive that must be identified and managed so recommendations remain grounded in evidence, professional judgment, and athlete needs.