Continuous glucose monitoring in sport
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Professor Asker Jeukendrup
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How can continuous glucose monitoring be used in sport?
In this lecture on "Continuous glucose monitoring in sport", Prof Asker Jeukendrup explores the technology of continuous glucose monitoring, or CGM, and it application in sport. Asker discusses the technology behind CGM, which provides real-time data on glucose concentrations, and examines its limitations. This lecture provides an insight into how CGM could be used to inform training and recovery strategies, as well as highlights what research needs to be done on CGM in sport.
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Professor Asker Jeukendrup
Professor Asker Jeukendrup is one of the world’s leading sports nutritionists and exercise physiologist who spent most of his career as a professor at the University of Birmingham (UK) as Head of The Human Performance Laboratory. Currently he is a (visiting) professor at Loughborough University. He has authored 9 books and over 250 research papers and book chapters. During his career Asker has worked at the forefront of research as well as directly with athletes, including Olympic and World champions, Tour de France cyclists and Champions league football teams.
After many years of working at Universities, Asker accepted a position as the Global Senior Director of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute. At present he is the director of his own performance consulting business “Mysportscience”, and worked or works with a number of football clubs (including FC Barcelona, Chelsea, Red Bull Leipzig, Red Bull Saltzburg and PSV Eindhoven). He is head of performance nutrition of the Jumbo Visma pro cycling team and the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center, and Performance Manager of Nutrition for the Dutch Olympic team.
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