RAND Research Topic: Physical Exercise2024-03-23T01:03:20ZCopyright (c) 2024, The RAND CorporationRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/topics/physical-exercise.htmlThe economic benefits of a more physically active populationMarco Hafner; Erez Yerushalmi; William D. Phillips; Jack Pollard; Advait Deshpande; Michael Whitmore; Francois Millard; Shaun Subel; Christian Van Stolkhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR4291.html2019-11-05T19:01:00Z2019-11-05T19:01:00ZA study to examine the economic benefits of getting people to be more physically active by using a multi-country computational general equilibrium (CGE) macroeconomic model.Inequitable Marine Corps Body Composition Policies and Their Impact on the Health of the ForceRAND Corporationhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2022/03/inequitable-marine-corps-body-composition-policies.html2022-03-25T20:15:00Z2022-03-25T20:15:00ZThe Marine Corps Body Composition and Military Appearance Program is potentially harming Marines. The Marine Corps should consider pausing the policy while it further examines its effects on individual health and considers developing a new health-focused policy that includes requirements designed to reflect the diversity of the force.