Research Catalog

Title

Nutritional needs in cold and in high-altitude environments : applications for military personnel in field operations / Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine ; Bernadette M. Marriott and Sydne J. Carlson, editors.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Military Nutrition Research.
• Marriott, Bernadette M.
• Newberry, Sydne J.

Description

xv, 568 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subjects

• Nutritional Requirements
• Altitude, Influence of > Congresses
• Altitude
• Congress
• Cold > Physiological effect > Congresses
• Soldiers > Nutrition > Requirements > Congresses
• Cold Climate
• Nutrition > Requirements > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• Proceedings of a workshop sponsored by the Committee on Military Nutrition Research of the Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. A review of the Physiology and Nutrition in Cold and in High-Altitude Environments by the Committee on Military Nutrition Research -- 2. Committee on Military Nutrition Research Recommendations and Conclusions -- 3. Cold Weather and High-Altitude Nutrition: Overview of the Issues / Eldon W. Askew -- 4. Leadership Insights for Military Operations in Cold Weather and at High Altitudes / Russell W. Schumacher, Jr. -- 5. Cold-Weather Field Feeding: Military Rations / Nancy King -- 6. Feeding the U.S. Army Sixth Infantry Division (Light) in the Cold / Thomas J. Lange -- 7. The Physiology of Cold Exposure / Andrew J. Young, Michael N. Sawka and Kent B. Pandolf -- 8. Military Schedules vs. Biological Clocks / R. S. Pozos, D. E. Roberts, A. C. Hackney and S. J. Feith -- 9. Influence of Cold Stress on Human Fluid Balance / Beau J. Freund and Michael N. Sawka -- 10. Muscle Metabolism and Shivering During Cold Stress / Ira Jacobs --
• 11. Macronutrient Requirements for Work in Cold Environments / Peter J. H. Jones and Ian K. K. Lee -- 12. Cold Exposure, Appetite, and Energy Balance / Jacques A. LeBlanc -- 13. Effects of Cold and Altitude on Vitamin and Mineral Requirements / Robert D. Reynolds -- 14. Micronutrient Deficiency States and Thermoregulation in the Cold / John L. Beard -- 15. Drug-Induced Delay of Hypothermia / Andre L. Vallerand -- 16. The Physiology of High-Altitude Exposure / Allen Cymerman -- 17. Physical Performance at High Altitudes / Robert B. Schoene -- 18. Fluid Metabolism at High Altitudes / Inder S. Anand and Y. Chandrashekhar -- 19. Maintenance of Body Weight at High Altitudes: In Search of 500 kcal/day / Gail E. Butterfield -- 20. Energy and Macronutrient Requirements for Work at High Altitudes / Reed W. Hoyt and Arnold Honig -- 21. Oxidative Stress at High Altitudes and Effects of Vitamin E / I. Simon-Schnass --
• 22. Effects of Altitude on Cognitive Performance and Mood States / Barbara Shukitt-Hale and Harris R. Lieberman -- 23. Food Components and Other Treatments That May Enhance Mental Performance at High Altitudes and in the Cold / Harris R. Lieberman and Barbara Shukitt-Hale -- App. A: Environmental Stress Management at High Altitudes by Adaptogens, summary of unpublished manuscript presented by K. K. Srivastava -- App. B: Biographical Sketches -- App. C: Abbreviations -- App. D: Factors Related to Nutritional Needs in Cold and in High-Altitude Environments - A Selected Bibliography.

ISBN

0309054842

LCCN

96067970

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries