Dr Koh Koon Teck & Dr Stephen Burns
Teaches Physical Education & Sports Science
The best investment you’ll ever make in your life is to make your health a priority.
In the following chapters, Dr Stephen Burns and Dr Koh Koon Teck will help you to understand the principle behind Sports Science, and the many ways we can approach nutrition and physical activity to assist in your performance and recovery as well as promote a healthy lifestyle.
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Introduction
Healthy living is not a goal, but the proactive pursuit of healthy habits in our everyday lives.
In this Education Launchpad, Dr Stephen Burns and Dr Koh Koon Teck demonstrate how you can start by making small adjustments and then moulding them into effective lifestyle habits over time to build a stronger body, healthy mindset and positive lifestyle.
Chapter 1 - The Relationship Between Nutrition and Performance
Sports Nutrition is the systematic study of diet and the nutrients within our diet, and how they can be applied to improve an individual’s athletic performance. In essence, it is about what you eat, how you eat it, when you eat it and why.
In this chapter, Dr Burns will expand on why it is important to feed your body with the right food and nutrients and uncover how we can tweak our diet to enhance certain aspects of our physical performance.
Chapter 2 - Dealing with Sports Injuries
Sports Nutrition can also provide a solution across a myriad of concerns, especially when paired with good coaching and rehabilitation to assist an individual along the recovery process from an injury.
In this chapter, Dr Koh and Dr Burns highlight how to reduce the risk of sports injuries and showcase how sports nutrition and coaching complement each other and can help push along the recovery process of a sports injury.
Chapter 3 - The Psychology of Sports
Keeping fit is about trying to find a good balance between the outside and inside. It is undeniable that sports also have the potential to build and develop personal values and character.
In this chapter, Dr Koh uncovers the many benefits of engaging in body movement, highlights how sports and exercise are flexible mediums, and uncovers more about sports from a scientific perspective.
Chapter 4 - Outro
There’s no better time than now to start practicing healthy living – be it through good nutrition or by increasing your physical activity.
In this chapter, Dr Burns and Dr Koh recap the benefits of body movement and how good hydration and a well-balanced diet that meets your physical needs are a cornerstone of good health.