Body mass index, medical qualification status, and discharge during the first year of US Army service
- 1 March 2011
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 93 (3) , 608-614
- https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.110.007070
Abstract
Background: The high prevalence of overweight and obesity in military recruits and in the US population as a whole necessitates understanding the health effects of body composition and associated morbidity.Keywords
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