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Assessing Readiness in Military Women

The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health

By: Committee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women,Food and Nutrition Board,Institute of Medicine

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Assessing Readiness in Military Women

The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health

By: Committee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women,Food and Nutrition Board,Institute of Medicine

U.S. military personnel are required to adhere to standards of body composition, fitness, and appearance to achieve and maintain readiness--that is, the maintenance of optimum health and performance so they are ready for deployment at any moment. In 1992, the Committee on Military Nutrition Research reviewed the existing standards and found, among other things, that the standards for body composition required for women to achieve an appearance goal seemed to conflict with those necessary to ensure the ability to perform many types of military tasks. This report addresses that conflict, and reviews and makes recommendations about current policies governing body composition and fitness, as well as postpartum return-to-duty standards, Military Recommended Dietary Allowances, and physical activity and nutritional practices of military women to determine their individual and collective impact on the health, fitness, and readiness of active-duty women.

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Assessing Readiness in Military Women

The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health

By: Committee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women,Food and Nutrition Board,Institute of Medicine

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The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health

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Committee on Military Nutrition Research

Activity Report 1994-1999

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

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Committee on Military Nutrition Research

Activity Report 1994-1999

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

The activities of the Food and Nutrition Board's Committee on Military Nutrition Research (CMNR, the committee) have been supported since 1994 by grant DAMD17-94-J-4046 from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). This report fulfills the final reporting requirement of the grant, and presents a summary of activities for the grant period from December 1, 1994 through May 31, 1999. During this grant period, the CMNR has met from three to six times each year in response to issues that are brought to the committee through the Military Nutrition and Biochemistry Division of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine at Natick, Massachusetts, and the Military Operational Medicine Program of USAMRMC at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The CMNR has submitted five workshop reports (plus two preliminary reports), including one that is a joint project with the Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women; three letter reports, and one brief report, all with recommendations, to the Commander, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, since September 1995 and has a brief report currently in preparation. These reports are summarized in the following activity report with synopses of additional topics for which reports were deferred pending completion of military research in progress. This activity report includes as appendixes the conclusions and recommendations from the nine reports and has been prepared in a fashion to allow rapid access to committee recommendations on the topics covered over the time period.

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Committee on Military Nutrition Research

Activity Report 1994-1999

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

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Activity Report 1994-1999

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Weight Management

State of the Science and Opportunities for Military Programs

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Subcommittee on Military Weight Management

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Weight Management

State of the Science and Opportunities for Military Programs

By: Institute of Medicine,Food and Nutrition Board,Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Subcommittee on Military Weight Management

The primary purpose of fitness and body composition standards in the U.S. Armed Forces has always been to select individuals best suited to the physical demands of military service, based on the assumption that proper body weight and composition supports good health, physical fitness, and appropriate military appearance. The current epidemic of overweight and obesity in the United States affects the military services. The pool of available recruits is reduced because of failure to meet body composition standards for entry into the services and a high percentage of individuals exceeding military weight-for-height standards at the time of entry into the service leave the military before completing their term of enlistment. To aid in developing strategies for prevention and remediation of overweight in military personnel, the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command requested the Committee on Military Nutrition Research to review the scientific evidence for: factors that influence body weight, optimal components of a weight loss and weight maintenance program, and the role of gender, age, and ethnicity in weight management.

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Reducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Military Women

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women

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Reducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Military Women

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women

The incidence of stress fractures of the lower extremities during U.S. military basic training is significantly higher among female military recruits than among male recruits. The prevalence of this injury has a marked impact on the health of service personnel and imposes a significant financial burden on the military by delaying completion of the training of new recruits. In addition to lengthening training time, increasing program costs, and delaying military readiness, stress fractures may share their etiology with the longer-term risk of osteoporosis. As part of the Defense Women's Health Research Program, this book evaluates the impact of diet, genetic predisposition, and physical activity on bone mineral and calcium status in young servicewomen. It makes recommendations for reducing stress fractures and improving overall bone health through nutrition education and monitored physical training programs. The book also makes recommendations for future research to evaluate more fully the effects of fitness levels, physical activities, and other factors on stress fracture risk and bone health.

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Body Composition and Physical Performance

Applications for the Military Services

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

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Body Composition and Physical Performance

Applications for the Military Services

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

This book surveys the entire field of body composition as it relates to performance. It includes a clear definition of terminology and a discussion of the various methods for measuring body composition. The authored papers represent a state-of-the-art review of this controversial field and address questions such as: What is a better measure of body compositionâ€"body fat or lean body mass? Does being overweight for one's height really affect performance? The book also addresses the issue of physical appearance as it relates to body fatness and performance. It includes an in-depth discussion of many of the topics of interest to those involved in sports medicine and exercise physiology.

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Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research

Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

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Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research

Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

The latest of a series of publications based on workshops sponsored by the Committee on Military Nutrition Research, this book's focus on emerging technologies for nutrition research arose from a concern among scientists at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine that traditional nutrition research, using standard techniques, centered more on complex issues of the maintenance or enhancement of performance, and might not be sufficiently substantive either to measure changes in performance or to predict the effects on performance of stresses soldiers commonly experience in operational environments. The committee's task was to identify and evaluate new technologies to determine whether they could help resolve important issues in military nutrition research. The book contains the committee's summary and recommendations as well as individually authored chapters based on presentations at a 1995 workshop. Other chapters cover techniques of body composition assessment, tracer techniques for the study of metabolism, ambulatory techniques for the determination of energy expenditure, molecular and cellular approaches to nutrition, the assessment of immune function, and functional and behavioral measures of nutritional status.

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