This volume examines the current state of knowledge concerning the influence of a hot environment on nutrient requirements of military personnel. A parallel concern is ensuring that performance does not decline as a result of inadequate nutrition.
The committee provides a thorough review of the literature in this area and interprets the diverse data in terms of military applications. In addition to a focus on specific nutrient needs in hot climates, the committee considers factors that might change food intake patterns and therefore overall calories. Although concern for adequate nutrition for U.S. soldiers in Saudi Arabia prompted the initiation of this project, its scope includes the nutrient needs of individuals who may be actively working in both hot-dry and hot-moist climates.
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Part I: Committee Summary and Recommendations
- 1. Introduction and Backgrounds
- 2. Conclusions and Recommendations
- Part II: Invited Presentations
- 3. Physiological Responses to Excercise in Heat
- 4. Effects of Excercise and Heat on Gastrointestinal Function
- 5. Water Requirements During Excercise in the Heat
- 6. Energetics and Climate with Emphasis on Heat: A Historical Perspective
- 7. The Effect of Excercise and Heat on Mineral Metabolism and Requirements
- 8. The Effect of Excercise and Heat on Vitamin Requirements
- 9. Heat as a Factor in the Perception of Taste, Smell, and Oral Sensation
- 10. Effects of Heat on Appetite
- 11. Situational Influences on Food Intake
- Part III: U.S. Army Presentations: A Reevaluation of Sodium Requirements for Work in the Heat
- 12. Responses of Soldiers to 4-gram and 8-gram NaCl Diets During 10 Days of Heat Acclimation
- 13. Endocrinological Responses to Dietary Salt Restriction During Heat Acclimation
- 14. Subjective Reports of Heat Illness
- Part IV: Committee Discussion Paper
- 15. Food Intake, Appetite, and Work in Hot Environments
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: Military Recommended Dietary Allowances, AR 25-40; 1985
- Appendix B: Nutritional Needs in Hot Environments -- A Selected Bibliography
- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches
- Index
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