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Description/Abstract
This brief is about obesity rates among OEF/OIF veterans and how race, education level, gender, and use of the VA play a role in obesity rates. For practice and policy, a fitness education program should be implemented by the VA to help lower obesity rates since obesity can cause more serious health problems. Suggestions for future research include expanding the study to involve veterans from other military eras and expanding the study to look at more risks associated with obesity.
Original Citation
Rosenberger, P. H., Ning, Y., Brandt, C., Allore, H., & Haskell, S. (2011). BMI trajectory groups in veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Preventive Medicine, 53(3), 149–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.07.001
Document Type
Brief
Disciplines
Gender and Sexuality | Medicine and Health | Military and Veterans Studies | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Race and Ethnicity | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Extent
2 pages
DCMI Type
Text
Keywords
Health issues, Obesity, OEF/OIF veterans, Overweight, Trajectory modeling
Subject
Obesity; Veterans, United States; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001; Overweight persons
Publisher
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University
Date
Spring 2-10-2012
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University, "Research Brief: "BMI Trajectory Groups in Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars"" (2012). Institute for Veterans and Military Families. 317.
https://surface.syr.edu/ivmf/317
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Gender and Sexuality Commons, Medicine and Health Commons, Military and Veterans Studies Commons, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Commons, Race and Ethnicity Commons
