The U.S. Marines Corps collaborated with scientists from the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine to conduct a multi-center study assessing the USMC Body Composition and Military Appearance Program. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry is a gold standard method for body composition studies that assesses the composition of soft tissue, fat and lean, and bone mass using very low dose x-ray equivalent to radiation exposure obtained in an airplane trip across the country. This method was not generally available for research when the Department of Defense established current body fat standards and methods. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Karl Friedl, USARIEM’s Senior Scientist)
| Date Taken: | 10.12.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 11.07.2022 10:30 |
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