The role of the recently established Hungarian Student Sports Association is to encourage greater sports participation among students outside their regular school education. This is important since many schools lack appropriate sports facilities and sports clubs tend to direct their efforts...

In general terms, the requirements for a healthy diet for sportsmen are the same as for anyone else - the diet needs to be balanced, varied, and based on at least three meals a day. Compared with the average person, however, sportsmen have significantly higher requirements for energy and many...

On private initiative but with the aid of a cooperative farm, a riding school with recreational and sporting facilities was established in an industrial town of north Hungary. Regular riding lessons are provided and a race course is planned to attract a wider range of participants and make the...

A time budget survey of the Hungarian population in 1986 indicates that on average 13 minutes per individual is devoted to some sort of sporting activity daily (15 minutes in 1977). Only 3% actively took part in sport regularly. Schools do not have the facilities to encourage sport and the number...

Sportsmen frequently consume food supplements. Due to intensive trainings, vitamin consumption rate reached more than 50%, whereas rates of special and complex food supplements consumption was the lowest. Sportsmen who are into strength and endurance sports and those participating in games consumed ...

This paper intends to give an overview on some future aspects of ski and coastal tourism, in the light of climate change and sustainability, based on literature available. Since the last third of the 20th century, tourism and sport with their immense development have become two of the most...

In the following review article the authors illustrate the complexity of the hormone cortisol, and discuss the relevance of the hormone in exercise physiology. Several conditions may induce a cortisol release, the effect of this hormone is diverse throughout the body. Researchers investigating the...

Details of the plan to develop and promote winter tourism in the Börzsöny mountain region, and specifically in Hideghegy in Hungary are presented. The plan covers the development of winter sports facilities, transport and parking capacity, accommodation and catering.

The Fourth Congress of the Hungarian Sports Science Society was held in Szombathely (Hungary) on 17-18 October 2003. More than 160 papers were presented during the Congress, covering many aspects of sports science. The main findings of six nutrition-related papers are summarized. These papers...

A description is given of the Apácai Csere János Educational Centre located in a built-up area in Pécs, Hungary. The centre houses schools, nurseries, gymnasium, restaurant and extensive sports facilities, etc., and plays an important role in the way of life of the local population and in...