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Nutrition and exercise are subjects of recent attention because of the increasing interest in fitness and health. In addition, the interest in high-performance athletic achievement has generated concern in the use of nutrients to improve athletic performance. This book (part of the ACS Symposium Series that provides a medium to publish reviews and reports of research quickly in book form) is written for an audience that has a basic knowledge of physiology and intermediary metabolism and is intended to provide current research information about nutrition and exercise. The chapter authors are all respected scientists in their respective fields. The book does not cover the broad area of nutrition and exercise, but discusses topics such as physiological and metabolic responses to exercise, skeletal muscle adaptations to exercise, fuel utilization by skeletal muscle, water and electrolyte changes with exercise, an approach to decrease body fat with aerobic exercise, and riboflavin requirements with exercise. Each chapter stands on its own. The quality and clarity of the writing varies from chapter to chapter but this is not a major deterrent to the value of the book. For scientists and health care providers in the fields of nutrition and aerobic exercise. Levels: upper-division undergraduate and graduate.-R.L. Jones, Pennsylvania State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center