About this Research Topic
In the collection 'Integrating Sleep, Nutrition, and Mental Health in Student-Athletes: A Holistic Approach to Performance and Well-being', we venture beyond traditional measures of athletic performance to embrace a well-rounded perspective on student-athletes' health. While the dual-career challenges of these individuals have been extensively studied, our focus shifts to a more integrative approach. Understanding the complex interplay between sleep, nutrition, and mental wellness is crucial to ensuring optimal performance on the field, and more importantly, maintaining a balanced lifestyle off it.
This collection seeks to uncover how lack of sleep can impair both psychological function and nutrition, explores the impact dietary habits have on mental health, and how these all act in synergy to influence an athlete's performance and well-being. Driving pertinent discussions in the realm of sports psychology, nutrition, and sleep science, this collection delineates the need for a holistic approach to athlete health and performance, setting the scene for groundbreaking future research that treats student-athletes as a 'whole person'.
The objective of this Research Topic is to understand how sleep patterns, nutrition, and mental health collectively impact the academic and athletic performance of student-athletes. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive review that informs and guides athletes, coaches, educators, and policymakers in creating supportive environments for student-athletes' multifaceted growth.
To achieve this, we encourage submissions that address the following topics:
- The influence of sleep quality on the mental and physical performance of student-athletes.
- Nutritional strategies for optimizing physical performance and academic achievements in student-athletes
- Approaches to managing mental health and building resilience while balancing sports and academics in student-athletes.
This collection seeks to uncover how lack of sleep can impair both psychological function and nutrition, explores the impact dietary habits have on mental health, and how these all act in synergy to influence an athlete's performance and well-being. Driving pertinent discussions in the realm of sports psychology, nutrition, and sleep science, this collection delineates the need for a holistic approach to athlete health and performance, setting the scene for groundbreaking future research that treats student-athletes as a 'whole person'.
The objective of this Research Topic is to understand how sleep patterns, nutrition, and mental health collectively impact the academic and athletic performance of student-athletes. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive review that informs and guides athletes, coaches, educators, and policymakers in creating supportive environments for student-athletes' multifaceted growth.
To achieve this, we encourage submissions that address the following topics:
- The influence of sleep quality on the mental and physical performance of student-athletes.
- Nutritional strategies for optimizing physical performance and academic achievements in student-athletes
- Approaches to managing mental health and building resilience while balancing sports and academics in student-athletes.
Keywords: Sleep, Nutrition, Student-athletes, Performance, Mental health, Resilience
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
