The obesity epidemic: Implications for recruitment and retention of defence force personnel

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 693-699

  McLaughlin, R ^a   Wittert, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Military; Recruitment standards

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENERGY BALANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SOLDIER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORKPLACE;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70350549735     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00601.x     Document Type: Review

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