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Are Navy Weight Management Programs Ensuring Sailor Physical Readiness? An Analysis at Naval Medical Center San Diego

The obesity epidemic in the USA includes active duty service members in the military and effects physical readiness. At the Naval Medical Center San Diego command, the Health & Wellness Department is charged with administering the Weight Management Programs (WMP) for sailors in the San Diego are...

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Published in:Military medicine 2018-09, Vol.183 (9-10), p.e624-e632
Main Authors: Wisbach, Gordon G, Peters, Joshua, Guerrero, Jenise Leon, Mozzini, Nelson, Metzger, Helen
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