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Sport Dietitian Explains Cautions Of Dieting As An Athlete

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TrueSport inspires athletes, coaches, parents, and administrators to change the culture of youth sport through active engagement and thoughtful curriculum based on cornerstone lessons of sportsmanship, character-building, and clean and healthy performance, by creating leaders across communities through sport.

Alicia Kendig, U.S. Olympic Committee sport dietitian, explains why young athletes should ditch the idea of trending diets and focus on the basics of eating whole foods as a life-long approach to developing healthy eating habits.

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