Performance Nutrition Series — Issues and Strategies for the Warfighter

Lynn Cialdella Kam is a research dietitian for the Naval Health Research Center and the director of the Food Utilization and Energy Laboratory in the Warfighter Performance Department at the Naval Health Research Center. Dr. Kam is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified specialist in sports dietetics with a master's degree in exercise physiology and a PhD in nutrition with minors in exercise physiology and statistics. Her research over the past 20+ years has focused on optimizing performance readiness and injury prevention through nutrition and nutrition supplementation, with a focus on bioactives (i.e., polyphenols) and energy balance.