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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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Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research

Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability

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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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0309174538

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Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research

Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability

By: Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Institute of Medicine

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Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability

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0309553385

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Not Eating Enough

Overcoming Underconsumption of Military Operational Rations

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

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Not Eating Enough

Overcoming Underconsumption of Military Operational Rations

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Military Nutrition Research

Eating enough food to meet nutritional needs and maintain good health and good performance in all aspects of lifeâ€"both at home and on the jobâ€"is important for all of us throughout our lives. For military personnel, however, this presents a special challenge. Although soldiers typically have a number of options for eating when stationed on a base, in the field during missions their meals come in the form of operational rations. Unfortunately, military personnel in training and field operations often do not eat their rations in the amounts needed to ensure that they meet their energy and nutrient requirements and consequently lose weight and potentially risk loss of effectiveness both in physical and cognitive performance. This book contains 20 chapters by military and nonmilitary scientists from such fields as food science, food marketing and engineering, nutrition, physiology, psychology, and various medical specialties. Although described within a context of military tasks, the committee's conclusions and recommendations have wide-reaching implications for people who find that job-related stress changes their eating habits.

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0309053412

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Nutritional Needs in Cold and High-Altitude Environments

Applications for Military Personnel in Field Operations

By: Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Institute of Medicine

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Nutritional Needs in Cold and High-Altitude Environments

Applications for Military Personnel in Field Operations

By: Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Institute of Medicine

This book reviews the research pertaining to nutrient requirements for working in cold or in high-altitude environments and states recommendations regarding the application of this information to military operational rations. It addresses whether, aside from increased energy demands, cold or high-altitude environments elicit an increased demand or requirement for specific nutrients, and whether performance in cold or high-altitude environments can be enhanced by the provision of increased amounts of specific nutrients.

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0309556775

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Military Strategies for Sustainment of Nutrition and Immune Function in the Field

By: Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Institute of Medicine

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Military Strategies for Sustainment of Nutrition and Immune Function in the Field

By: Committee on Military Nutrition Research,Institute of Medicine

Every aspect of immune function and host defense is dependent upon a proper supply and balance of nutrients. Severe malnutrition can cause significant alteration in immune response, but even subclinical deficits may be associated with an impaired immune response, and an increased risk of infection. Infectious diseases have accounted for more off-duty days during major wars than combat wounds or nonbattle injuries. Combined stressors may reduce the normal ability of soldiers to resist pathogens, increase their susceptibility to biological warfare agents, and reduce the effectiveness of vaccines intended to protect them. There is also a concern with the inappropriate use of dietary supplements. This book, one of a series, examines the impact of various types of stressors and the role of specific dietary nutrients in maintaining immune function of military personnel in the field. It reviews the impact of compromised nutrition status on immune function; the interaction of health, exercise, and stress (both physical and psychological) in immune function; and the role of nutritional supplements and newer biotechnology methods reported to enhance immune function. The first part of the book contains the committee's workshop summary and evaluation of ongoing research by Army scientists on immune status in special forces troops, responses to the Army's questions, conclusions, and recommendations. The rest of the book contains papers contributed by workshop speakers, grouped under such broad topics as an introduction to what is known about immune function, the assessment of immune function, the effect of nutrition, and the relation between the many and varied stresses encountered by military personnel and their effect on health.

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0309556961

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Caffeine for the Sustainment of Mental Task Performance

Formulations for Military Operations

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

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Caffeine for the Sustainment of Mental Task Performance

Formulations for Military Operations

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

This report from the Committee on Military Nutrition Research reviews the history of caffeine usage, the metabolism of caffeine, and its physiological effects. The effects of caffeine on physical performance, cognitive function and alertness, and alleviation of sleep deprivation impairments are discussed in light of recent scientific literature. The impact of caffeine consumption on various aspects of health, including cardiovascular disease, reproduction, bone mineral density, and fluid homeostasis are reviewed. The behavioral effects of caffeine are also discussed, including the effect of caffeine on reaction to stress, withdrawal effects, and detrimental effects of high intakes. The amounts of caffeine found to enhance vigilance and reaction time consistently are reviewed and recommendations are made with respect to amounts of caffeine appropriate for maintaining alertness of military personnel during field operations. Recommendations are also provided on the need for appropriate labeling of caffeine-containing supplements, and education of military personnel on the use of these supplements. A brief review of some alternatives to caffeine is also provided.

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0309082587

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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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