Health, Performance, and Nutritional Status of U.S. Army Women during BasicCombat Training

摘要

This study was undertaken to examine the relationship(s) between health,nutrition, body composition, and physical performance in female soldiers during the B weeks of basic combat training (BCT). The study investigated female soldiers assigned to three platoons within a single all-female basic training company over the period of 22 March 1993 to 20 May 1993 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Volunteer soldiers participated in pre-training (pre-BCT; 174 original volunteers with a mean age of 21.4 yrs) and post-training (post-BCT; 158 successful BCT graduates) performance and body composition testing, as well as three separate blood draws (pre-BCT, midpoint of BCT, and.post-BCT). Additionally, a 7-day dining facility dietary assessment survey was performed on