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Assessing Readiness in Military Women The Relationship of Body, Composition, Nutrition, and Health (1998) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
Pages 25-32

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... , `'Physical Fitness and Body Fat Programs't' `'maintaining desirable body composition is an integral part of physical fitness, general health' and military appearance,' (p.
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... Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md., 1997) , calls to ensure that personnel are physically able to perform the tasks to which they are assigned, and evidence suggesting that efforts to adhere to body composition and appearance standards may place active-duty women at special risk for inadequate nutrient intake, the subcommittee undertook to respond to the following questions posed by the Army: · What body composition standards best serve military women's health and fitness with respect to minimum learn body mass, maximum body fat, and site specificity of fat deposition?
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... DEMOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVE-DUTY MILITARY WOMEN As shown in Table 1-1, nearly 200,000 women serve on active duty in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force today, comprising 12 to 16 percent of the enlisted and officer personnel (data provided by personal communication with DoD contacts in the Defense Manpower Data Center, Rosslyn, Vat.. Of the women serving on active duty, 83 percent are in the enlisted corps, 1 percent are warrant officers, and 16 percent are commissioned officers; this age distribution by rank is similar to that for male personnel.
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... Unknown0 0 17-2521 2.32 26~0706 77.84 41-65180 19.85 Total907 100.0 Commissioned officersUnknown76 0.25 17-254,843 15.99 26~0 41-54 Total 19,726 5,640 30,285 65.13 18.62 00.0 * The Air Force does not have personnel classified as warrant officers.
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From page 29...
... Military Branch of No High High School Some Service Rank Unknown School Graduate College BA/BS+ Other Army Enlisted 11.2 0.2 78.7 6.3 3.5 0.0 Officer 4.3 0.0 3.4 5.0 87.2 0.0 Air Force Enlisted 0.6 0.0 18.1 76.2 4.9 0.2 Officer 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 98.6 0.0 Marine Corps Enlisted 0.0 0.1 94.6 1.4 1.2 2.6 Officer 0.3 0.1 10.2 1.7 86.7 1.0 Navy Enlisted 0.4 2.3 91.1 2.0 2.7 1.5 Officer 8.8 0.0 5.1 1.8 84.2 0.0 TABLE I-3B Educational Attainment of Active-Dutv Women in the U.S. Militarv Branch of No High High School Some Service Rank Unknown School Graduate College BA/BS+ Other Army Enlisted 14.8 0.2 70.7 9.0 5.3 0.0 Officer 3.1 0.0 1.6 2.5 92.9 0.0 Air Force Enlisted 0.7 0.0 26.1 67.9 5.1 0.1 Officer 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.8 97.7 0.0 Marine Corps Enlisted 0.3 0.0 91.9 2.9 2.7 2.2 Officer 0.1 0.3 13.8 2.0 83.2 0.5 Navy Enlisted 0.4 0.4 92.8 2.9 3.1 1.0 Officer 9.0 0.0 2.8 1.8 86.4 0.0 NOTE: Highest level of education completed, expressed as percent of total number in rank and service, as of June 1 997.
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... SOURCE: Defense Manpower Data Center (Rosslyn, Va., 19961. METHODS AND RESOURCES USED FOR THE REPORT To help gather information, the BCNH committee, in consultation with a liaison panel of military researchers and health care personnel, convened a workshop of additional military personnel and civilian researchers and practitioners in the areas of physical fitness and performance, nutrition, and pregnancy.
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... Additional references and information were provided by searches of the General Accounting Office database and the World Wide Web, as well as by consultation with the military liaison panel; with individuals at the Pentagon, San Diego Naval Health Research Center, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, U.S.
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... Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
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