The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Army Nutrition with MAJ Christina Deehl

MOPs & MOEs

Our guest this week recently published an opinion piece criticizing how the Army undermines its health and fitness efforts through the poor nutrition environments on its installations. We dive into that conversation, looking at both the problems with Army nutrition, and the many ways leaders are working to fix them.

MAJ Christina Deehl is a Registered Dietitian from Army's Medical Center of Excellence where she works in the Directorate of Training and Doctrine. Her recent op ed stirred up a lot of conversation about the gap between what Army leads aspire to in the nutrition domain of H2F and the actual food environments on our installations.

Christina has 16 years of active duty service, including time with H2F at the 101st and XVIII ABC, serving as the command performance dietitian for US Army Special Operations Command, a fellowship with the Olympic Committee, clinical time at a couple hospitals, and two stints as a cultural support team leader.

Around the time we recorded, research by a team she was on was also published: Normative fat-free mass index values based on body composition method in Army personnel

Other references from the conversation:

DA PAM 30-22

AR 30-22

Fixing the Randolph Sheppard Act

GAO Report: Food Program:

DOD Should Formalize Its Process for Revising Food Ingredients and Better Track Dining Facility Use and Costs

GAO Report: DOD Food Program:

Additional Actions Needed to Implement, Oversee, and Evaluate Nutrition Efforts for Service Members