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Body composition and physical performance : applications for the military services / Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; Bernadette M. Marriott and Judith Grumstrup-Scott, editors.

Title
Body composition and physical performance : applications for the military services / Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; Bernadette M. Marriott and Judith Grumstrup-Scott, editors.
Author
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Military Nutrition Research. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92800344
Publication
Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1992.

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  • Grumstrup-Scott, Judith.
  • Institute of Medicine (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79129181
  • Marriott, Bernadette M.
Description
xiv, 356 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subjects
Note
  • "Institute of Medicine"--Cover.
  • "S450"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • I. Overview. 1. Introduction and Background. 2. Conclusions and Recommendations -- II. Invited Papers. 3. Body Composition and Military Performance: Origins of the Army Standards / Karl E. Friedl. 4. Body Composition in the Military Services: Standards and Methods / James A. Hodgdon. 5. Effects of Experimental Alterations in Excess Weight on Physiological Responses to Exercise and Physical Performance / Kirk J. Cureton. 6. Army Data: Body Composition and Physical Capacity / James A. Vogel and Karl E. Friedl. 7. The Relationship of Body Size and Composition to the Performance of Physically Demanding Military Tasks / Everett A. Harman and Peter N. Frykman. 8. New Approaches to Body Composition Evaluation and Some Relationships to Dynamic Muscular Strength / Frank I. Katch. 9. Associations Among Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Injury in Men and Women Army Trainees / Bruce H. Jones, Matthew W. Bovee and Joseph J. Knapik.
  • 10. Body Composition, Morbidity, and Mortality / William Cameron Chumlea and Richard N. Baumgartner. 11. Critique of the Military's Approach to Body Composition Assessment and Evaluation / Henry C. Lukaski. 12. Body Composition and Performance in Relation to Environment / Roy J. Shephard. 13. Sex Differences and Ethnic/Racia1 Differences in Body Size and Body Composition / Stanley M. Garn -- III. Committee Discussion Paper. 14. Body Composition Measurement: Accuracy, Validity, and Comparability / Joel A. Grinker -- Appendixes. A. Accession Standards for the Military Services. B. Retention Standards for the Military Services. C. Weight-for-Height Tables. D. Proposed Revisions to Accession (AR 40-501) and Retention (AR 600-9), Body Weight and Body Fat Standards. E. Recent Changes to the U.S. Army Standards for Accession and Retention. F. Biographical Sketches.
ISBN
030904586X (pbk.)
LCCN
92060574
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Columbia University Libraries