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They also forgot smoking more... screwing more...sleeping less... what else...???
Oh, and yes.. i drink like a fish and gained 15 pounds from before the deployment.
San Diego Union-Tribune
January 13, 2007
WASHINGTON – U.S. troops were fatter and drank harder in 2005 than before the Iraq war started, according a Pentagon survey of more than 16,000 service members released yesterday.
Still, the Pentagon said service members appeared to fare better than civilians in measures of lifestyle and health-related behaviors.
“I am pleased, and even a little surprised, that despite the stresses of war and ongoing deployments, nearly all indicators of service members' health and well-being continue to be quite good compared with civilian populations,” said William Winkenwerder, assistant defense secretary for health affairs.
Just over 60 percent of respondents in the 2005 survey were overweight; in the previous survey conducted in 2002, 57.2 percent were. The Iraq war began in March 2003.
The survey also showed 44.5 percent of respondents participated in “binge drinking,” up from 41.8 percent in 2002.
Military personnel who were deployed had higher rates of work and family stress as well as higher rates of heavy alcohol, cigarette and illicit drug use than those who did not deploy, it said.
A greater number of personnel who were deployed from 2002 to 2005 met criteria for symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder than those who were not deployed.
The Pentagon cautioned that the figures were not definitive because they came from a voluntary survey.
“These screening questions do not represent a formal clinical diagnostic evaluation, but suggest some of our personnel should be encouraged to obtain more evaluation,” Winkenwerder said.
--REUTERS
Oh, and yes.. i drink like a fish and gained 15 pounds from before the deployment.
San Diego Union-Tribune
January 13, 2007
WASHINGTON – U.S. troops were fatter and drank harder in 2005 than before the Iraq war started, according a Pentagon survey of more than 16,000 service members released yesterday.
Still, the Pentagon said service members appeared to fare better than civilians in measures of lifestyle and health-related behaviors.
“I am pleased, and even a little surprised, that despite the stresses of war and ongoing deployments, nearly all indicators of service members' health and well-being continue to be quite good compared with civilian populations,” said William Winkenwerder, assistant defense secretary for health affairs.
Just over 60 percent of respondents in the 2005 survey were overweight; in the previous survey conducted in 2002, 57.2 percent were. The Iraq war began in March 2003.
The survey also showed 44.5 percent of respondents participated in “binge drinking,” up from 41.8 percent in 2002.
Military personnel who were deployed had higher rates of work and family stress as well as higher rates of heavy alcohol, cigarette and illicit drug use than those who did not deploy, it said.
A greater number of personnel who were deployed from 2002 to 2005 met criteria for symptoms of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder than those who were not deployed.
The Pentagon cautioned that the figures were not definitive because they came from a voluntary survey.
“These screening questions do not represent a formal clinical diagnostic evaluation, but suggest some of our personnel should be encouraged to obtain more evaluation,” Winkenwerder said.
--REUTERS