Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research

Committee on Military Nutrition Research, Institute of Medicine

• 1 Front Matter; 2 I Committee Summary and Recommendations; 3 1 Project Overview and Committee Summary; 4 2 Committee Responses to Questions, Conclusions and Recommendations; 5 II The Current Army Program and Its Future Needs; 6 3 Emerging Technologies in Nutrition Research for the Military: Overview of the Issues; 7 III Techniques of Body Composition Assessment; 8 4 Military Application of Body Composition Assessment Technologies; 9 5 Imaging Techniques of Body Composition: Advantages of Measurement and New Uses; 10 6 Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry: Research Issues, and Equipment; 11 7 Bioelectrical Impedance: A History, Research Issues, and Recent Consensus; 12 Part III Discussion; 13 IV Tracer Techniques for the Study of Metabolism; 14 8 Stable Isotope Tracers: Technological Tools That Have Emerged; 15 9 Measurement of Energy Substrate Metabolism Using Stable Isotopes; 16 10 Combined Stable Isotope-Positron Emission Tomography for In Vivo Assessment of Protein Metabolism; 17 11 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Liver and Muscle Glycogen Metabolism in Humans; 18 Part IV Discussion; 19 V Ambulatory Techniques for Measurement of Energy Expenditure; 20 12 Doubly Labeled Water for Energy Expenditure; 21 13 Measurement of Oxygen Uptake with Portable Equipment; 22 14 Advances in Ambulatory Monitoring: Using Foot Contact Time to Estimate the Metabolic Cost of Locomotion; 23 15 Noninvasive Measurement of Plasma Metabolites Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy; 24 Part V Discussion; 25 VI Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Nutrition; 26 16 The Role of Metals in Gene Expression; 27 17 Metabolic Regulation of Gene Expression; 28 18 Use of Isolated-Cell and Metabolic Techniques Applied to Vitamin Transport and Disposition; 29 19 Assessment of Cellular Dysfunction During Physiologic Stress; 30 VII Assessment of Immune Function; 31 20 The Validity of Blood and Urinary Cytokine Measurements for Detecting the Presence of Inflammation; 32 21 New Approaches to the Study of Abnormal Immune Function; 33 Part VI and VII Discussion; 34 VIII Functional and Behavioral Measures of Nutritional Status; 35 23 Involuntary Muscle Contraction to Assess Nutritional Status; 36 24 Application of Cognitive Performance Assessment Technology to Military Nutrition Research; 37 25 New Techniques for Assessment of Mental Performance in the Field; 38 26 The Iowa Driving Simulator: Using Simulation for Human Performance Measurement; 39 Part VIII Discussion; 40 Appendixes; 41 Appendix A: Workshop Agenda; 42 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches; 43 Appendix C: Abbreviations; 44 Appendix D: Emerging Technologies for Nutrition Research - A Selected Biography; 45 Index