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Reducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Military Women
Pages 37-40

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... in addition to their evaluation of the effect of current milibuy fitness and body composition standards on the nutrition and health of military women, also identify and provide recommendations regarding special nutritional considerations of activeduty military women. An area identified for further study in military women concerned the effect of calcium, as well as total energy intake, on the incidence of stress fractures in the short term, and osteoporosis in the long term and the nutrient implications of these conditions.
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... Based on information gathered from discussion with the workshop speakers, the military liaison panel and a brief review of the literature on bone metabolism and risk factors for bone health, the subcommittee prepared this brief report, Reducing Stress Fractures in Physically Active Military Women. The report was submitted to the sponsor in June, 1998.
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... · Use of bone mineral measurements for routine screening of recruits to determine stress fracture susceptibility is not recommended at this time. · Develop a research effort to compile data from all military services on initial fitness level of recruits by age, gender, and race/ethnicity · Develop a research effort to collect stress fracture incidence statistics by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and skeletal site, using a gender-independent, standardized definition and collect data during a comparable time frame from all military services during both the basic training and post-training periods.
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... · Continue to gather dietary intake data and evidence concerning calcium intakes throughout a soldiers' career as training programs, food choices and food supply change over time. · Develop research efforts to assist in identifying those factors, such as diet, lifestyle, and ethnicity, that may contribute to achieving peak bone mass, as well as components of military programs that may interfere with this process.
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