The Sports and Performance Nutrition service offers access to the latest information on practical sports nutrition and helps athletes get more from their training and competition performance. Clinically, Aspetar has a specialist team of dietitians working within rehabilitation that focus on nutrition and injury to enhance treatment outcomes.
The department also have dedicated staff focused on performance nutrition who support a wide range of both senior team sports and individual registered athletes throughout Qatar. These include handball, volleyball, tennis, swimming and squash, and crucially provide full time sports dietitians to the senior Qatar National, Olympic and Under-20s national football teams.
The department also takes the lead in sharing best practice and knowledge on all aspects of sports nutrition across the Aspire Zone by delivering regular workshops for players, coaches, staff and other sports professionals, including a fully functioning series of nutritional workshops for chefs working in sport and NSMP sports physicians.