CSSD - Sports Dietetics study guide
CSSD - Sports Dietetics · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD) is a Commission on Dietetic Registration specialty credential. This original resource follows the three broad domains in the content outline currently linked from CDR’s sports-dietetics page: exercise and performance nutrition, clinical sports nutrition, and nutrition operations and resource management. It is not an official examination bank or an endorsement by CDR. Preparation should connect exercise physiology with feasible food and fluid plans, clinical assessment and medical nutrition therapy, and delivery through meals, travel, education, and resource systems. Topics on this exam: Exercise and performance nutrition, Clinical sports nutrition, and Nutrition operations and resource management. The CSSD - Sports Dietetics study guide has 3 sections and about 2,265 words.
01Exercise and performance nutrition
Sports nutrition links physiology with a plan an athlete can actually follow. Clarify session duration, intensity, timing, environmental conditions, competition access, usual foods, health history, goals, and practical constraints. The sport name or body mass alone does not describe the full requirement. A resting-energy equation and a wearable exercise estimate are components of assessment, not exact measurements of total daily need.
749 words, about 4 min02Clinical sports nutrition
Clinical sports dietetics combines nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring, and collaboration. Collect the dietary pattern, timing, training load, medical history, symptoms, laboratory context, growth or life stage, food access, preferences, and barriers. A food record can omit important intake without proving dishonest intent. Biomarkers answer specific questions and should not be treated as direct measurements of the whole diet.
773 words, about 4 min03Nutrition operations and resource management
Nutrition operations should turn an evidence-based plan into usable food, education, and support. Assess athlete numbers, training schedules, event rules, meal access, preferences, culture, allergies, clinical needs, budget, staffing, storage, and transport. A menu meeting average targets is ineffective for athletes who are training when service occurs. Coordinate alternative times or portable options and evaluate actual consumption rather than treating planned nutrient provision as delivered intake.
743 words, about 4 min