Body Composition and Physical Performance

Bernadette M. Marriott and Judith Grumstrup-Scott, Editors; Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Institute of Medicine

• 1 FRONT MATTER; 2 I Overview; 3 1 Introduction and Background; 4 2 Conclusions and Recommendations; 5 II Invited Papers; 6 3 Body Composition and Military Performance: Origins of the Army Standards; 7 4 Body Composition in the Military Services: Standards and Methods; 8 5 Effects of Experimental Alterations in Excess Weight on Physiological Responses to Exercise and Physical Performance; 9 6 Army Data: Body Composition and Physical Capacity; 10 7 The Relationship of Body Size and Composition to the Performance of Physically Demanding Military Tasks; 11 8 New Approaches to Body Composition Evaluation and Some Relationships to Dynamic Muscular Strength; 12 9 Associations Among Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Injury in Men and Women Army Trainees; 13 10 Body Composition, Morbidity, and Mortality; 14 11 Critique of the Military's Approach to Body Composition Assessment and Evaluation; 15 12 Body Composition and Performance in Relation to Environment; 16 13 Sex Differences and Ethnic/Racial Differences in Body Size and Body Composition; 17 III Committee Discussion Paper; 18 14 Body Composition Measurement: Accuracy, Validity, and Comparability; 19 Appendixes; 20 Appendix A: Accession Standards for the Military Services; 21 Appendix B: Retention Standards for the Military Services; 22 Appendix C: Weight-for-Height Tables; 23 Appendix D: Proposed Revisions to Accession (AR 40-501) and Retention (AR 600-9) Body Weight and Body Fat Standards; 24 Appendix E: Recent Changes to the U.S. Army Standards; 25 Appendix F: Biographical Sketches