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Changing diet and supplement guidance in the UK Army to improve health and performance

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Submitting institution

Bangor University / Prifysgol Bangor

Unit of assessment

24 - Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism

Summary impact type

Health

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Underpinning research subjects

Clinical Sciences
Human Movement And Sports Science
Public Health And Health Services

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4. Details of the impact

5. Sources to corroborate the impact

Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number	Value of grant
No external funder no. (Bangor University: R08207)	£83,690
No external funder no. (Bangor University: R08223)	£86,136
No external funder no. (Bangor University: R08M02)	£1,315,390

Countries

Formal partners

Ministry of Defence

Funding programmes

The influence of a 20-week military training programme on upper respiratory tract infection incidence and immune function in the Parachute Regiment (2003 – 2004)
Effects of energy deficit on physical performance, cognitive function and health during 8 weeks of arduous training (2009 – 2012)
Vitamin D, iron status and health of British Army recruits (2013 – 2017)

Global research identifiers

grid.48862.30
grid.1343.5

Name of funders

Headquarters Army Recruiting and Training Division Occupational Medicine (Ministry of Devence)
BAE Systems Ltd

Researcher ORCIDs

0000-0002-3681-6015
0000-0002-9971-9546