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Front Matter (R1-R18)

I Committee Summary and Recommendations (1-2)

1 Project Overview and Committee Summary (3-50)

2 Committee Responses to Questions, Conclusions and Recommendations (51-68)

II The Current Army Program and Its Future Needs (69-70)

3 Emerging Technologies in Nutrition Research for the Military: Overview of the Issues (71-78)

III Techniques of Body Composition Assessment (79-80)

4 Military Application of Body Composition Assessment Technologies (81-126)

5 Imaging Techniques of Body Composition: Advantages of Measurement and New Uses (127-150)

6 Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry: Research Issues, and Equipment (151-168)

7 Bioelectrical Impedance: A History, Research Issues, and Recent Consensus (169-192)

Part III Discussion (193-198)

IV Tracer Techniques for the Study of Metabolism (199-200)

8 Stable Isotope Tracers: Technological Tools That Have Emerged (201-214)

9 Measurement of Energy Substrate Metabolism Using Stable Isotopes (215-230)

10 Combined Stable Isotope-Positron Emission Tomography for In Vivo Assessment of Protein Metabolism (231-258)

11 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liver and Muscle Glycogen Metabolism in Humans (259-272)

Part IV Discussion (273-278)

V Ambulatory Techniques for Measurement of Energy Expenditure (279-280)

12 Doubly Labeled Water for Energy Expenditure (281-296)

13 Measurement of Oxygen Uptake with Portable Equipment (297-314)

14 Advances in Ambulatory Monitoring: Using Foot Contact Time to Estimate the Metabolic Cost of Locomotion (315-344)

15 Noninvasive Measurement of Plasma Metabolites Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (359-360)

Part V Discussion (361-362)

VI Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Nutrition (363-374)

16 The Role of Metals in Gene Expression (375-388)

17 Metabolic Regulation of Gene Expression (389-400)

18 Use of Isolated-Cell and Metabolic Techniques Applied to Vitamin Transport and Disposition (401-414)

19 Assessment of Cellular Dysfunction During Physiologic Stress (415-416)

VII Assessment of Immune Function (417-430)

20 The Validity of Blood and Urinary Cytokine Measurements for Detecting the Presence of Inflammation (431-450)

21 New Approaches to the Study of Abnormal Immune Function (451-500)

Part VI and VII Discussion (501-504)

VIII Functional and Behavioral Measures of Nutritional Status (505-506)

23 Involuntary Muscle Contraction to Assess Nutritional Status (507-518)

24 Application of Cognitive Performance Assessment Technology to Military Nutrition Research (519-532)

25 New Techniques for Assessment of Mental Performance in the Field (533-550)

26 The Iowa Driving Simulator: Using Simulation for Human Performance Measurement (551-568)

Part VIII Discussion (569-576)

Appendixes (577-578)

Appendix A: Workshop Agenda (579-584)

Appendix B: Biographical Sketches (585-604)

Appendix C: Abbreviations (605-608)

Appendix D: Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research - A Selected Biography (609-680)

Index (681-711)