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Assessing Readiness in Military Women: The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health (1998)
Food and Nutrition Board (FNB)

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Olympics

female athletes' mean BMI, 52, 53-54

Operation Joint Endeavor, 194

Operational rations

gender differences in preferences and consumption, 237-238

nutrient density, 116-118, 162-163

nutritional status of active-duty women, influence on, 116-122, 161 -163

Overweight

prevalence in military women, 93, 96

See also Dieting;

Obesity prevention;

Weight;

Weight loss methods;

Weight management issues;

Weight management programs

P

Parity. See Children

Perceptions of Wellness and Readiness Assessment (POWR'95), 19, 94, 167, 168, 169, 175, 181, 185, 187, 217-218, 226-227, 238

Performance

body fat and, 75-76

cognitive, x, 119, 192-193

FFM and, 76-77, 182-183

improvement strategies, military, 77-80

job redesign, 79-80

neuropsychological function of women, and zinc and iron nutriture, 231-232

occupational training, 77-80

physical, x, 118-119

physical, effects of alterations in excess weight, 230

physical, relationship to body composition and FFM, 182-183

physical, women's, and body composition, 221

strength training, military, 77-80

See also Job redesign

Performance testing

Army physical performance tests, failure rates, 68

Canadian Forces task performance testing, 71

civilian, xi, 72-75

civilian law enforcement and fire services testing policies, 31, 73-74, 288-289

methods, 27, 70-72

military, x, xi, 2-3, 13, 26, 27, 70-72

policies of various government agencies, 31, 73-74

strength and endurance tests and standards, 16

See also Criterion performance tasks (CPTs);

Incremental dynamic lift test;

Performance

PFT. See Physical fitness test (PFT)

Physical Activity and Health, 63

Physical fitness

Air Force assessment, 230

assessment, civilian, 72-75

assessment, military, 27, 31, 34, 64-72, 230

BMI and, 15

body composition and, 3, 51-52, 55, 198

body fat standards vs., 52

definition, 62-64

health and, 64-69

injuries and, 77

law enforcement/fire services, civilian, assessment policies, 288-289

military accession, minimum standards, 198

military policies, ix, x, 5-7, 61-80, 176-179, 254-258

military policy/standards compliance estimates, 179-181

military standards, x, 3, 14-16, 64-72, 157-161

military women and, x, 219-220

MOSs and, 70-72

nutrition and physical activity impact on, military women, x

occupation-related, 70-72

postpartum and, 127-133, 142-143, 146-147, 163-165

pregnancy and, 127-133, 163-165

task performance and, x, xi, 2-3, 13, 70-72, 75-80

two-tiered body composition/fitness screen, recommendations, 14-16, 158, 159

variables affecting, 62

See also Athletics;

Exercise;

Physical training;

Physical readiness test (PRT);

Readiness, military

Physical fitness test (PFT), 80, 88, 90, 177, 179, 180, 216, 217

Air Force, 184, 255

Army, 183, 228, 255

compliance, 180

policies, 64-66

postpartum policies, 127-133

See also Physical fitness;

Physical training

Physical readiness test (PRT)

Marine Corps, 255

Navy, 183-184, 229, 254-255

See also Physical fitness

Physical training

injury risk impact of for Army women in BCT, 243-245

military fitness programs, 64-72, 183-185, 228, 229

military ongoing training, 16, 69, 72, 160, 191-192

See also Basic combat training (BCT);

Exercise;

Physical fitness test (PFT);

Physical fitness;

Physical readiness test (PRT)

Police forces. See Law enforcement services

Police Officers' Physical Abilities Test (POPAT)

job-specific, 73

Population characteristics

women in military, characteristics, x, 174-176, 198, 215-216

See also Age distribution;

Educational attainment;

Ethnicity;

Gender;

Martial status

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