A cohort study of body mass index changes among U.S. Air Force personnel during the Covid-19 pandemic

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ID15355366
AuthorsJoe Merfeld (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, corresponding author), Amanda Banaag (0000-0001-6660-1229, Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Miranda Lynn Janvrin (0000-0002-3083-5581, Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos (0000-0003-1377-8615, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Year2025
Volume25
Issue1
Pages564-564
Publication date2025-02-11
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-025-21808-2
PMID39934753
OpenAlexW4407361104
LanguageEN
References cited17

Our analysis indicates that like the other service branches of the U.S. military, the Air Force experienced an increase in active-duty personnel with obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic period. This indicates increases in rates of service members with obesity across the U.S. armed forces, which is likely to result in decreased force readiness

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Biostatistics · Body mass index · Cohort · Cohort study · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · Index (typography · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Outbreak · Pandemic · Pathology · Public health · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Medicine · Occupational Health and Performance · Thermoregulation and physiological responses · Emergency Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Virology

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