Nutrition & Dietary Supplements - Army Public Health Center

This site is designed to provide nutritional resources for Service members and their families in all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. Good nutrition is vital to good health, disease prevention, and essential for healthy growth and development.

PT Home Page Performance Triad: Nutrition

The Army Surgeon General has championed the Performance Triad of Activity, Nutrition and Sleep, to build resilience, improve readiness and enhance the health of the Army family. Performance Triad External Link

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This page provides you with information on food and dietary supplements.

Participant handouts and resources for Fit For Performance (FFP)

Policy and resources on a lifestyle and behavior modification program designed to help Soldiers lose weight and/or body fat.

Nutrition tools for healthy shopping, cooking, eating, and food safety for people of all ages.

Nutrition initiatives within the military that are designed to create healthy eating environments to encourage healthy eating behaviors.

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Related Programs and Contacts

Army Wellness Centers provide strategic direction to support a standardized worldwide wellness initiative that empowers sustainable behavior change through evidence based education and awareness using advanced technology.

Health Education and Application Division develops evidence-based health education and promotion products and programs using advanced technologies for Soldiers, Family members, Retirees, Army civilians, military health care providers, and senior leaders.

Health Promotion Operations assures the Community Health Promotion Council enhances Health of the Force through a community-driven public health planning process for the benefit of Soldiers, Family Members, Retirees, and Civilians.

Related Training

The Army Medicine Campaign Plan Research to Practice Education Series is held 5 times a year and consists of two or more presentations from experts in the fields of injury prevention, health promotion, and physical performance optimization.

This online P3T Program Leader Distributed Learning (DL) course is a resource tool to assist with P3T program implementation. This course allows open enrollment and contains relevant information for P3T staff and unit leaders.

The Army P3T Program Leader Course provides guidance to P3T Program Managers/OICs, Installation Instructor Trainers/NCOICs,Trimester Instructor Trainers, and Medical Experts on operating installation programs. This is NOT an exercise leader training.

This course offers advanced training in tropical medicine/global health and covers a broad range of topics to include operationally important infectious diseases, environmental illnesses, pre/post-travel medical evaluations, and public health issues.