Weight change following US military service

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 244-253

  Littman, A J ^a,b   Jacobson, I G ^c   Boyko, E J ^a   Powell, T M ^c   Smith, T C ^c  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort; military deployment; military veterans; posttraumatic stress disorder; prospective; weight gain

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WAR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84873721969     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2012.46     Document Type: Article

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