Armed Forces – References

Dominic D’Agostino

Current: Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology; Morsani College of Medicine; University of South Florida (USF)

Dominic D’Agostino, Ph.D., is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of

References

Armed Forces – References

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  2. Christeson, W., Taggart, A. D., & Messner-Zidell, S. (2010). Too Fat to Fight: Retired Military Leaders Want Junk Food Out of America’s Schools. Mission: Readiness.
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  5. Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division. (2022). Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR).
  6. U.S. Department of Defense. (2020). Annual Suicide Report.
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  8. Kuehn, B. M. (2019). Military mental health services expand access. JAMA, 322(2), 99-101.
  9. U.S. Army Public Health Center. (2022). Go for Green Nutrition Program.
  10. Tanofsky-Kraff, M., et al. (2013). A prospective study of psychological predictors of body fat gain among Navy recruits. Obesity, 21(1), 139-145.
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  12. The U.S. Military’s Recruiting Crisis | The New Yorker 
  13. Too fat to fight? Why US army is recruiting more obese people 

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