This podcast episode, “Modernizing the Army Body Composition Policy—Science Behind the Performance Exemption,” was led by Holly McClung, Nutritional Physiologist, Military Performance Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. McClung discussed the relationship between body composition, physical performance and musculoskeletal injury. She summarized the science behind the 2022 Army Body Composition study, and she reviewed the research driven-outcomes supporting the updates to policy AR-600-9 to improve Soldier health and injury prevention.

About the Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness
In June 2023, the U.S. Army announced the realignment of the Army Resilience Directorate from G-1, personnel readiness, to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff in G-9. This move formalizes a new prevention governance structure, enabling a community approach to prevention that lowers the risk of harmful behaviors.
The consolidated directorate was renamed the Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness (DPRR) on July 1, 2023, and is led by Ms. Dee Geise, former director of SFRD.
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