This report, Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research: Potential for Assessing Military Performance Capability (IOM, 1997), looks at newer technologies that are being employed to identify and study basic issues that may be significant in nutrition research, with evaluation being limited to technologies discussed at the workshop. It provides responses to the questions posed to the CMNR, conclusions, and recommendations, as well 24 invited papers presented at the workshop.

Contents

• COMMITTEE ON MILITARY NUTRITION RESEARCH (in December 1994)
• COMMITTEE ON MILITARY NUTRITION RESEARCH (Current)
• FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD (in December 1994)
• FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD (Current)
• Preface
• Summary
• Background and Introduction
  • History of the Committee
  • Committee Procedures
  • Organization of this Report
• Not Eating Enough: Overcoming Underconsumption of Military Operational Rations
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Areas for Future Research
• A Review of the Revision of the Medical Services Nutrition Allowances, Standards, and Education (AR 40-25, 1985)
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
• A Review of Issues Related to Iron Status in Women During U.S. Army Basic Combat Training
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Future Research Considerations
• Nutritional Needs in Cold and in High-Altitude Environments
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations and Areas for Future Research
• Pennington Biomedical Research Center September 1996 Site Visit
  • Overall Conclusions and Recommendations
• Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
• Assessing Readiness in Military Women
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
• Reducing Stress Fracture in Physically Active Military Women
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
• A Review of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress in Military Personnel
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Future Research Recommendations
• Military Strategies for Sustainment of Nutrition and Immune Function in the Field
  • Conclusions
  • Recommendations
  • Recommendations for Future Research
• The Role of Protein and Amino Acids in Sustaining and Enhancing Performance
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
• References
• Appendixes
  • Appendix A Meetings of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research December 1, 1994–May 31, 1999
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Members of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research December 1, 1994–May 31, 1999
  • Appendix C Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report Not Eating Enough Submitted September 1995
  • Appendix D Letter Report: Review of the Revision of the Medical Services Nutrition Allowances, Standards, and Education (AR 40-25, 1985) Submitted October 1995
  • Appendix E Letter Report: Review of Issues Related to Iron Status in Women During U.S. Army Basic Combat Training Submitted December 1995
  • Appendix F Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report Nutritional Needs in Cold and in High-Altitude Environments Submitted March 1996
  • Appendix G Conclusions and Recommendations from the Brief Report Pennington Biomedical Research Center September 1996 Site Visit Submitted September 1996
  • Appendix H Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research Submitted September 1997
  • Appendix I Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report Assessing Readiness in Military Women Submitted March 1998
  • Appendix J Conclusions and Recommendations from the Brief Report Reducing Stress Fractures in Physically Active Military Women Submitted June 1998
  • Appendix K Letter Report: Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress in Military Personnel Submitted February 12, 1999
  • Appendix L Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report Military Strategies for Sustainment of Nutrition and Immune Function in the Field Submitted May 1999
  • Appendix M Conclusions and Recommendations from the Workshop Report The Role of Protein and Amino Acids in Sustaining and Enhancing Performance Submitted June 1999

The activities of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research (CMNR) from December 1, 1994, through May 31, 1999, were supported by grant DAMD17-94-J-4046 from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. The activities of the Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women (BCNH) from August 15, 1995 to September 30, 1998, were supported by grant DAMD17-95-1-5037 from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. A separate report on the activities of the BCNH Subcommittee was submitted in June 1998.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report presents a summary of activities of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research (CMNR) and its Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women (BCNH) from December 1, 1994, through May 31, 1999. All of the activities mentioned here have resulted in reports that were previously published or submitted as letter reports to the sponsor and as such were reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. This activities summary has not been separately reviewed and represents an overview of all activities during the project period as designated.

The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy of Sciences to enlist distinguished members of the appropriate professions in the examination of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. In this, the Institute acts under both the Academy's 1863 congressional charter responsibility to be an adviser to the federal government and its own initiative in identifying issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Kenneth I. Shine is president of the Institute of Medicine.