Research Paper Title Mental Health Among Commando, Airborne and Other UK Infantry Personnel. Background Despite having high levels of combat exposure, commando and airborne forces may be at less risk of mental ill-health than other troops. Aims To examine differences in mental health outcomes and occupational risk factors between Royal Marines Commandos (RMCs), paratroopers (PARAs)… Read More
Fast Food & Weight Gain
Consuming fast food more than twice a week has a strongly positive association with weight gain and doubles the risk of insulin resistance. Reference Pereira, M.A., Kartashov, A.I., Ebbeling, C.B., Van Horn, L., Slattery, M.L., Jacobs, D.R. (2005) Fast-food Habits, Weight Gain, and Insulin Resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year Prospective Analysis. Lancet. 365, pp.36-42.
MRI: Back Injuries & Military Training
Research Paper Title Magnetic Resonance Imaging Showed No Signs of Overuse or Permanent Injury to the Lumbar Sacral Spine during a Special Forces Training Course. Background Special Forces training is even more demanding than that of elite athletes. The training includes grueling physical activity and periods of sleep deprivation. The soldiers routinely carry heavy loads… Read More
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Playing Managerial Roles in Military Operations
The military is not just another organisation, at least not all of it, all of the time. It is an organisation with at least two faces: One dealing with peacetime conditions and, hence, resembling an ‘ordinary organisation’; and One operating in ‘hot’ conditions, during crisis and peace operations or outright war (Soeters, in Wilderom and… Read More
Red Meat Linked to Diabetes through Saturated Fat
A diet rich in red meat is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. In three long-standing cohorts from the US, adults who increased their intake by half a serving a week in a four year period had an increased risk of diabetes over the next four years (pooled hazard ratio 1.48, 95%… Read More
Fit Notes Don’t Fit the Bill for Business
It is has been more than three years since the ‘sick note’ was replaced by the ‘fit note’, in a bid to hasten the return to work of ill employees to the workplace. However, the new system is not in the best of health, according to research from EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, which found that… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 