Assessing Readiness in Military Women:

The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health

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Size: 368 pages, 8 x 10

Publication Year:1998

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Committee on Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women, Institute of Medicine
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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 ...
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Table of Contents
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-24	(skim)
1 Introduction	25-32	(skim)
2 Body Composition	33-60	(skim)
3 Physical Fitness Policies and Programs	61-86	(skim)
4 Weight Management	87-108	(skim)
5 Nutritional Concerns of Military Women	109-126	(skim)
6 Pregnancy and Lactation and Postpartum Return-To-Duty Fitness	127-156	(skim)
7 Conclusions and Recommendations	157-170	(skim)
Appendixes	171-172	(skim)
A Workshop Summary, Agenda, Participants, and Abstracts	173-252	(skim)
B Practices and Policies Tables	253-262	(skim)
C Military Occupational Specialty Classification Tables	263-280	(skim)
D Search Strategy for Literature Review	281-284	(skim)
E Civilian Inquiry Letter and Table of Responses	285-290	(skim)
F Abbreviations	291-294	(skim)
G Bibliography	295-334	(skim)
H Biographical Sketches	335-338	(skim)
Index	339-352	(skim)

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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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Food and Nutrition Board (FNB)

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