- Obesity in the U.S. military surged during the pandemic, according to new research.
- The research led by the Center for Health Services Research at the Uniformed Services University found nearly 10,000 active-duty Army soldiers became obese during the pandemic, marked as from February 2019 to June 2021.
- The number pushed the military obesity rate to nearly a quarter of the troops studied, with increases found in the Navy and the Marines, according to the Associated Press.
- Koehlmoos says more-recent data won’t be available until later this year, but there’s no sign that the trend is ending.