Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Background and Context of the Overweight Problem; 4 2 Military Standards for Fitness, Weight, and Body Compositionq; 5 3 Factors That Infuence Body Weight; 6 4 Weight-Loss and Maintenance Strategies; 7 5 Responses to the Military's Questions; 8 6 Programmatic and Research Recommendations; 9 References; 10 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda Abstracts; 11 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of the Workshop Speakers; 12 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of the Subcommittee on Military Weight Management; 13 Appendix D: Acronyms

About the Author

Subcommittee on Military Weight Management, Committee on Military Nutrition Research