The Subcommittee on Body Composition, Nutrition, and Health of Military Women (BCNH subcommittee) was established in 1995 through a grant administered by the . Army Medical Research and Materiel Command as part of the Defense Women's Health Research Program. Under the guidance of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research (CMNR), the BCNH subcommittee was asked to evaluate whether existing body composition and physical appearance standards for women in the military conflicted with body composition requirements for task performance and if these same standards might interfere with readiness by encouraging chronic dieting, inadequate intake, and sporadic fitness. The BCNH subcommittee conducted an extensive review of this topic, including.
