Nutrition and Hydration Status of Aircrew Members Consuming the Food Packet,Survival, General Purpose, Improved during a Simulated Survival Scenario

摘要

Adequate nutrition and hydration can be crucial to the survival of downedaircrews. To determine the nutritional adequacy and palatability of an improved, all-purpose, all-environment survival packet (GP-1) compared to the old survival packet (GP), a field test was conducted using combat survival school students. During a five day survival exercise, 41 aircrew members ate the GP-1 and 57 ate the GP. Nutrition/hydration status were assessed from food/fluid intake records as well as changes in body weight. Water turnover was measured in a subset of