Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY.
Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022 May;54(5):475-480. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.12.003.
The prevalence of obesity continues to rise among youth and adults in the US and the US military. The US military is negatively impacted by the nation's growing waistline, with drastic reductions in eligible recruits, increasing risks for compromised physical endurance and performance, and ballooning health care costs. This perspective discusses the effects of the obesity epidemic on the US military, previous and continuing research and programming initiatives, the progress made to increase access to healthy foods, and opportunities for future directions in research and practice to combat the obesity epidemic.
在美国和美国军队中，肥胖在青年和成年人中的流行率持续上升。美国军队受到国家腰围不断增长的负面影响，合格新兵人数急剧减少，身体耐力和表现受损的风险增加，医疗保健费用猛增。本文讨论了肥胖流行对美国军队的影响，以前和正在进行的研究和计划倡议，为增加获得健康食品的机会所取得的进展，以及未来在研究和实践中对抗肥胖流行的方向的机会。
