Weight management state of the science and opportunities for military programs / [electronic resource] : Subcommittee on Military Weight Management, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003. - xviii, 276 p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Executive summary -- 1. Background and context of the overweight problem -- 2. Military standards for fitness, weight, and body composition -- 3. Factors that influence body weight -- 4. Weight-loss and maintenance strategies -- 5. Response to the military's questions -- 6. Programmatic and research recommendations.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Body weight--Health aspects--Soldiers.--United States
Obesity in soldiers--United States.


Electronic books.

RC628 / .I56 2003