ArticleAppetite2017
Military experience can influence Women's eating habits.
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- Recruits' perception of factors influencing dietary intake during basic military training: A qualitative study.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2025Article
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- Design of the CHARGE study: A randomized control trial evaluating a novel treatment for Veterans with binge eating disorder and overweight and obesity.Contemporary clinical trials · 2023Article
- The Relationship Between Anxiety, Coping, and Disordered-Eating Attitudes in Adolescent Military-Dependents at High-Risk for Excess Weight Gain.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Article
- Eating disorder behaviors and treatment seeking in self-identified military personnel and veterans: Results of the National Eating Disorders Association online screening.Eating behaviors · 2021Article
- Sexual trauma uniquely associated with eating disorders: A replication study.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2021Article
- Eating Disorders and Overweight/Obesity in Veterans: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Treatment Considerations.Current obesity reports · 2020Review
- Weight Perceptions and Weight Loss Attempts: Military Service Matters.Military medicine · 2020Article
- "Making weight" during military service is related to binge eating and eating pathology for veterans later in life.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2019Article
- Sex differences in eating related behaviors and psychopathology among adolescent military dependents at risk for adult obesity and eating disorders.Eating behaviors · 2019Article
- "Have to Fight the Demon": Veteran Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Behavioral Self-Management and Diabetes Specific Risk-Taking Behaviors.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDisordered eating, ranging from occasional binge eating or restriction to behaviors associated with eating disorder diagnoses, is common among military personnel and veterans. However, there is little information on how military service affects eating habits.
objectiveTo describe possible pathways between military service and disordered eating among women veterans, a high risk group. MATERIALS AND
methodsTwenty women veterans who reported changing eating habits in response to stress participated in audio-recorded focus groups or dyadic interviews between April 2013 and October 2014. We used thematic analysis of transcripts to identify and understand women's self-reported eating habits before, during, and after military service.
resultsParticipants reported entering the military with varied eating habits, but little disordered eating. Participants described several ways military environments affected eating habits, for example, by promoting fast, irregular, binge-like eating and disrupting the reward value of food. Participants believed military-related stressors, which were often related to gender, also affected eating habits. Such stressors included military sexual trauma and the need to meet military weight requirements in general and after giving birth. Participants also reported that poor eating habits continued after military service, often because they remained under stress.
conclusionsFor some women, military service can result in socialization to poor eating habits, which when combined with exposure to stressors can lead to disordered eating. Additional research is needed, including work to understand possible benefits associated with providing support in relation to military weight requirements and the transition out of military service. Given the unique experiences of women in the military, future work could also focus on health services surrounding pregnancy-related weight change and the stress associated with being a woman in predominantly male military environments.
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