世界各国的国防部门和军事科研机构,长期以来把大部分的投资和精力都放在更新武器装备和改进武器系统上,而很少把注意力花在士兵身上。近年来,美军营养学专家大卫·施纳伯格博士发现,营养不良或精力不济的士兵,是不会有充沛的战斗力的。美军军方一些营养学专家现在已经认识到,这起码是一种失策。他们提出了一个新的军事概念:食品是一种战术武器。随现代体育的飞速发展,体育运动营养学的最新研究成果用来提高运动员的竞技成绩,军方希望效仿这样的作法,来提高士兵的战斗力。 美陆军环境医学研究所营养部主任艾斯丘说,应该把士兵看作是即有外在需要,也有内在 National defense departments and military research institutes all over the world have for the most part devoted much of their investment and energy to updating their weaponry and improving their weapon systems, and seldom devote their attention to soldiers. In recent years, Dr. David Schnaberch, a U.S. nutrition expert, has found that soldiers who are malnourished or poorly motivated will not have sufficient fighting capacity. Some nutrition experts at the U.S. military have now realized that this is a blunder. They proposed a new military concept: food is a tactical weapon. With the rapid development of modern sports, the latest research results of sports nutrition are used to improve the competitive performance of athletes. The military hopes to follow this example to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. Ascius, director of nutrition at the US Army Institute of Environmental Medicine, said soldiers should be seen as having both external and internal needs