Obesity and Its Relation to Physical Fitness in the U.S. Military

Abstract

Obesity and physical fitness are commonly thought to be antithetical. One only has to consider certain categories of elite athletes -- such as Olympic weight lifters and football defensive linemen -- to recognize that the relationship may be more complex. While not typically concerned with elite athletic performance in the military services, we are concerned with a wide variety of occupational demands that vary in their relationship to body fatness and other body composition components. The intent of this article is to present the relationships between the body composition components, particularly fatness, and the various aspects of physical fitness in the military.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA261459

Entities

People

  • James A. Vogel

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Age Groups
  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Body Composition
  • Body Weight
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directives
  • Energy
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health
  • Materials Handling
  • Military Research
  • Musculoskeletal Physiology
  • Physical Fitness
  • Ship Decks
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Theoretical Analysis.