Body Composition and Physical Performance:

Applications for the Military Services

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Size: 372 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1990

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Bernadette M. Marriott and Judith Grumstrup-Scott, Editors; Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Institute of Medicine
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This book surveys the entire field of body composition research as it relates to performance. It includes a clear definition of terminology, and a discussion of the various methods for measuring body composition with commentary. The authored papers represent a ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xiv	(skim)
I Overview	1-2	(skim)
1 Introduction and Background	3-24	(skim)
2 Conclusions and Recommendations	25-28	(skim)
II Invited Papers	29-30	(skim)
3 Body Composition and Military Performance: Origins of the Army Standards	31-56	(skim)
4 Body Composition in the Military Services: Standards and Methods	57-70	(skim)
5 Effects of Experimental Alterations in Excess Weight on Physiological Responses to Exercise and Physical Performance	71-88	(skim)
6 Army Data: Body Composition and Physical Capacity	89-104	(skim)
7 The Relationship of Body Size and Composition to the Performance of Physically Demanding Military Tasks	105-118	(skim)
8 New Approaches to Body Composition Evaluation and Some Relationships to Dynamic Muscular Strength	119-140	(skim)
9 Associations Among Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Injury in Men and Women Army Trainees	141-174	(skim)
10 Body Composition, Morbidity, and Mortality	175-184	(skim)
11 Critique of the Military's Approach to Body Composition Assessment and Evaluation	185-194	(skim)
12 Body Composition and Performance in Relation to Environment	195-206	(skim)
13 Sex Differences and Ethnic/Racial Differences in Body Size and Body Composition	207-220	(skim)
III Committee Discussion Paper	221-222	(skim)
14 Body Composition Measurement: Accuracy, Validity, and Comparability	223-236	(skim)
Appendixes	237-238	(skim)
Appendix A: Accession Standards for the Military Services	239-246	(skim)
Appendix B: Retention Standards for the Military Services	247-340	(skim)
Appendix C: Weight-for-Height Tables	341-344	(skim)
Appendix D: Proposed Revisions to Accession (AR 40-501) and Retention (AR 600-9) Body Weight and Body Fat Standards	345-346	(skim)
Appendix E: Recent Changes to the U.S. Army Standards	347-350	(skim)
Appendix F: Biographical Sketches	351-356	(skim)

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This book surveys the entire field of body composition research as it relates to performance. It includes a clear definition of terminology, and a discussion of the various methods for measuring body composition with commentary. The authored papers represent a state-of-the-art review of this controversial field and also the issue of physical appearance, as it relates to body fatness, and performance. They also include in-depth discussion of many of the topics of interest to those involved in sports medicine and exercise physiology.

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