Around 46 percent of U.S. veterans and active service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001 who responded to the annual Wounded Warrior Project Survey in 2020 suffered from obesity. The same trend can be seen in previous years. The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is a U.S. charity and veteran organization for veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001.
Percentage distribution of body mass index scores for U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project from 2018 to 2020, by weight status category*
* Respondents were members of the Wounded Warrior Project and are veterans and service members who incurred a physical or mental injury, illness, or wound while serving in the military on or after September 11, 2001.
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WWP. (September 30, 2020). Percentage distribution of body mass index scores for U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project from 2018 to 2020, by weight status category* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101954/bmi-scores-percentage-distribution-veterans-and-active-service-members/
WWP. "Percentage distribution of body mass index scores for U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project from 2018 to 2020, by weight status category*." Chart. September 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101954/bmi-scores-percentage-distribution-veterans-and-active-service-members/
WWP. (2020). Percentage distribution of body mass index scores for U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project from 2018 to 2020, by weight status category*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101954/bmi-scores-percentage-distribution-veterans-and-active-service-members/
WWP. "Percentage Distribution of Body Mass Index Scores for U.S. Veterans and Active Service Members of The Wounded Warrior Project from 2018 to 2020, by Weight Status Category*." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101954/bmi-scores-percentage-distribution-veterans-and-active-service-members/
WWP, Percentage distribution of body mass index scores for U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project from 2018 to 2020, by weight status category* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101954/bmi-scores-percentage-distribution-veterans-and-active-service-members/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
Percentage distribution of body mass index scores for U.S. veterans and active service members of the Wounded Warrior Project from 2018 to 2020, by weight status category* [Graph], WWP, September 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1101954/bmi-scores-percentage-distribution-veterans-and-active-service-members/
