There are no physical signs like with severe anemia. . . We suspect that iron-deficient women will not benefit from physical training as much as women with higher iron status because their metabolic responses to exercise are impaired. It is an important finding. Women in the U.S. in general are iron-deficient. Professor Jere Haas discussing his study on how iron depletion in women affects performance, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 23, 1997.
Food plays a critical role in the overall psychological well-being of isolated crews.
Professor David Levitsky discussing a NASA project conducted in the division to develop nutritious vegetarian food for future space colonies, in the Financial Times of London, January 22, 1998.