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Assessing Readiness in Military Women
Pages 33-36

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... Army to evaluate the body composition and fitness standards for personnel accession and retention in all branches of active service, with regard to the impact of these standards on recruitment, physical fitness, and task performance in the Armed Forces. After conducting a workshop to investigate these issues, the CMNR released a report concluding that the standards of body composition required for women to achieve the desired appearance goal (low fat-free mass [FFM]
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... These included research on optimal physical fitness for military women, injury prevention, and ways to achieve and assess physical fitness, as well as fitness standards, including those for fitness during pregnancy and the postpartum period. In 1995, in light of efforts to consider creation of DoD-wide fitness and body composition standards, calls to ensure that all personnel are physically able to perform their assigned tasks, and evidence suggesting that attempts to adhere to body composition and appearance standards may place active-duty women at special risk for inadequate nutrient intake, the CMNR was asked to appoint a subcommittee to examine issues of body composition, fitness, and appearance standards and their impact on the health, nutritional status, and performance of active-duty military women.
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... · Encourage military women to achieve and maintain healthy weights through a continuous exercise and fitness program, and provide nutrition education and ongoing counseling if weight loss is a goal. · Reinforce efforts to provide complete nutritional labeling of all operational ration components and to design ration components that concentrate the nutrients that may be limiting in women's diets.
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... · Redesign surveys to link demographic and personnel information to medical and health information.
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