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Body Composition and Physical Performance: Applications for the Military Services (1990)
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. "7 The Relationship of Body Size and Composition to the Performance of Physically Demanding Military Tasks." Body Composition and Physical Performance: Applications for the Military Services. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1990.

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FRONT MATTER (R1-R14)
I Overview (1-2)
1 Introduction and Background (3-24)
2 Conclusions and Recommendations (25-28)
II Invited Papers (29-30)
3 Body Composition and Military Performance: Origins of the Army Standards (31-56)
4 Body Composition in the Military Services: Standards and Methods (57-70)
5 Effects of Experimental Alterations in Excess Weight on Physiological Responses to Exercise and Physical Performance (71-88)
6 Army Data: Body Composition and Physical Capacity (89-104)
7 The Relationship of Body Size and Composition to the Performance of Physically Demanding Military Tasks (105-118)
8 New Approaches to Body Composition Evaluation and Some Relationships to Dynamic Muscular Strength (119-140)
9 Associations Among Body Composition, Physical Fitness, and Injury in Men and Women Army Trainees (141-174)
10 Body Composition, Morbidity, and Mortality (175-184)
11 Critique of the Military's Approach to Body Composition Assessment and Evaluation (185-194)
12 Body Composition and Performance in Relation to Environment (195-206)
13 Sex Differences and Ethnic/Racial Differences in Body Size and Body Composition (207-220)
III Committee Discussion Paper (221-222)
14 Body Composition Measurement: Accuracy, Validity, and Comparability (223-236)
Appendixes (237-238)
Appendix A: Accession Standards for the Military Services (239-246)
Appendix B: Retention Standards for the Military Services (247-340)
Appendix C: Weight-for-Height Tables (341-344)
Appendix D: Proposed Revisions to Accession (AR 40-501) and Retention (AR 600-9) Body Weight and Body Fat Standards (345-346)
Appendix E: Recent Changes to the U.S. Army Standards (347-350)
Appendix F: Biographical Sketches (351-356)