12 | 2018 | Volume 24 | Issue 3 | ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pol J Aviat Med Bioeng Psychol 2018; 24(3): 12-18 DOI: 10.13174/pjambp.11.02.2020.02 Figures: 3  Tables 3  References: 14  Full-text PDF: hƩp://www.pjambp.com  Copyright © 2018 Polish AviaƟon Medicine Society, ul. Krasińskiego 54/56, 01-755 Warsaw, license WIML  IndexaƟon: Index Copernicus, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher EducaƟon This is an open-access arƟcle distributed under the terms of the CreaƟve Commons AƩribuƟon Non-commercial License (hƩp://creaƟvecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), which permits use, distribuƟon, and reproducƟon in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND THE LEVEL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS OF MILITARY FLYING PERSONNEL STAYING AT THE TRAINING CAMP Author’s address: Agata GAŹDZIŃSKA 1 , Paweł JAGIELSKI 2 , Paulina BARAN 3 1 Laboratory of DieteƟcs and Obesity Treatment, Department of Pathophysiology and Flight Safety, Military InsƟtute of AviaƟon Medicine, Warsaw, Poland 2 Department of NutriƟon and Drug Research, Faculty of Health Science, Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Cracow, Poland 3 Department of Flight Simulator InnovaƟons, Military InsƟtute of AviaƟon Medicine, Warsaw, Poland A. Gaździńska, Military Institute of Aviation Medicine, ul. Krasińskiego 54/56, 01-755 Warsaw, Poland, e-mail: agazdzinska@wiml.waw.pl Introduction: Own sources Source of support: Material and methods: The aim of the conducted research was to assess the nutritional status and level of physical ftness of the military fying personnel staying at the three-week training camp in Zakopane-Gronik. The research involved 90 members of the military fying personnel staying on a three- -week camp in the Military Training and Fitness Centre (WOSzK) in Zakopane. The mean age of the respondents was 34.57±7.14 years. At the beginning and at the end of the camp period the body composition was measured and anthropometric tests were per- formed. In order to assess physical ftness, the scores from a physical ftness test carried out on the last day of the camp were used. During the training and ftness camp period, signifcant improvements (p < 0.05) were observed in the nutritional status of military fying personnel, including the content of body fat (20.14±4.02 vs. 19.50±3.89%), visceral fat (6.48±2.79 vs. 6.16±2.65), muscle mass (61.23±5.61 vs. 61.77±5.61 kg), total body water (44.59±3.70 vs. 44.75±4.42 kg) and waist circumference (88.51±6.78 vs. 87.18±6.72 cm), and basal metabolism (1891.5±78.5 vs. 1903.9±177.3 kcal). 62.2% of the examined participants of the camp obtained a very good fnal score in the ftness test in all of the disciplines assessed, which indicates their high physical ftness. The soldiers who obtained a very good fnal score from the exam were younger (33.39±7.08 vs 36.50±6.92; p < 0.05) and had lower content of body fat (18.73±3.89 vs 20.77±3.53; p < 0.05) compared to those who obtained a good fnal score. Results: