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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Body weight--Health aspects--Soldiers.--United States Obesity in soldiers--United States.