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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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Postpartum

Army policies and procedures, clinical impact, 246-247

body composition assessment, 7, 254-258

exercise impact and, 163-165, 248-249

military body composition policies, 7, 254-258

military physical fitness policies, 7, 127-133, 254-258

military return-to-duty fitness testing policies, 20, 27, 163-165, 196-197

military weight standard compliance policies, 127-133

nutrition during, 150, 163-165

physical fitness and, 142-143, 146-147, 150, 163-165

weight loss and retention, 142-143, 145-146, 147, 148-149, 150, 248 -250

See also Lactation;

Pregnancy;

Reproductive health of women;

Women

POWR'95. See Perceptions of Wellness and Readiness Assessment (POWR'95)

Pregnancy

Army policies and procedures, clinical impact, 246-247

BMD and, 190

civilian policies, 31

exercise and, 17-18, 27, 139-142, 163-165

ACOG recommendations, 17-18, 140, 142

maternal weight gain, 18, 143-145, 147, 163-165

IOM recommendations, 143-145, 147

maternal weight restrictions and lactation, 17-18, 247-248

military body composition and fitness policies, 6-7, 254-258

military duty restriction policies, 6-7, 128-129, 195-196

military return-to-duty standards, 3, 17-18, 163-165, 196-197

military service careers and, 18, 27

military weight standard compliance policies, 127-131, 163-165

military women rates, 133-135, 139, 194-195

Navy policies, 251

Navy women's, outcome of, 138

nutrition during, 17-18, 150, 163-165

outcome in military women, 135-139

risk factors, 131-133

See also Birth weight;

Lactation;

Postpartum;

Reproductive health

of women;

Women

Protein, dietary

and performance, 120

See also Nutrition

PRT. See Physical readiness test (PRT)

Q

Quetelet's index. See Body mass index (BMI)

Quick Diagnostic Interview Schedule, 187, 218

R

Rations. See Operational rations

RDAs. See Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)

Readiness, military

appearance goals vs., health implications, 160, 198

assessment perceptions, 181

command perspective, 176

definition, ix, 1-2, 25-26

weight management issues, 103

women and, 215

See also Military personnel;

Performance testing;

Physical fitness

Recommendations for Research on the Health of Military Women, 281

Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs), 13, 17, 109, 120, 241.

See also Military Recommended Dietary Allowances (MRDAs)

"Recommended Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Fitness in Healthy Adults," 63

Reproductive health of women

female athlete triad and reproductive component, 191

menstrual irregularities, 110-115, 191-192

training activities impact, 191-192

See also Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA);

Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH);

Luteinizing hormone (LH);

Postpartum;

Pregnancy

Return-to-duty standards, military

guidelines for pregnant/postpartum/lactating women, 163-165, 196-197

postpartum, x

S

San Antonio Heart Study, 50

Smoking. See Tobacco use

Sports. See Athletics

Stanford Eating Disorders Questionnaire, 98

Stanford Five-City Study, 102

Strength requirements

job classifications for enlisted women, strength requirements of:

very heavy, 67, 264-266

heavy, 67, 267-269

moderate heavy, 67, 269-271

medium, 67, 272-274

light, 67, 275-279

tests and standards for strength and endurance, 16

See also Job redesign

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