Military Nutrition (Research Study Group 8 on Nutritional Aspects of Military Feeding)
Abstract
The report contains agreed nutritional criteria for operational rations and garrison feeding and provides nutritional recommendations for alimentation of wounded personnel. Nutritional guidance to sustain physical performance during prolonged work and during exposure to climatic extremes is also provided. The report contains a summarized description of the nutritional composition and purpose of current NATO countries' survival, emergency and combat rations. Detailed methodologies are described for nutritional evaluation of military rations and feeding systems as well as procedures for assessment and evaluation of nutritional status to include obesity and its relationship to health and performance. The relationship of diet to coronary heart disease risk factors is reviewed and guidance is provided for nutritional education programmes designed to implement agreed dietary goals for military populations. The report identifies areas of inadequate information and provides recommendations for further research and study. The military implications of findings in this report are described.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA227093