| Assessing Readiness in Military Women: The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health Contributor(s): Institute of Medicine (Author), Food and Nutrition Board (Author), Committee on Body Composition Nutrition (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309060753 ISBN-13: 9780309060752 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $51.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1998 Annotation: U.S. military personnel are required to adhere to certain standards of body composition, fitness, and appearance so that they are ready for deployment at a moment's notice. In 1992, the Committee on Military Nutrition Research reviewed the existing standards and found that the appearance standards for women's body composition conflict with other standards that ensure women's ability to perform various types of military tasks. Assessing Readiness in Military Women addresses this conflict. Further, it reviews and makes recommendations about current policies governing body composition and fitness, post-partum return-to-duty standards, Military Recommended Dietary Allowances, physical activity, and nutritional practices. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Women's Health - General - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 355.008 |
| LCCN: 98065788 |
| Series: Studies in British Literature; 35 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 8.53" W x 10.99" (2.25 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |