The Obesity Epidemic in the Veterans Health Administration: Prevalence Among Key Populations of Women and Men Veterans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-17

  Breland, Jessica Y ^a,b   Phibbs, Ciaran S ^a,b   Hoggatt, Katherine J ^c,d   Washington, Donna L ^c,e   Lee, Jimmy ^a   Haskell, Sally ^f,g,h   Uchendu, Uchenna S ^f   Saechao, Fay S ^a   Zephyrin, Laurie C ^f,i   Frayne, Susan M ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^g VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

health disparities; obesity; population health; veterans; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALASKA NATIVE; ALCOHOLISM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLACK PERSON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPINE DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS HEALTH; WEIGHT CONTROL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014517132     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3962-1     Document Type: Article

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