Body mass index scores among veterans and active service members 2018-2020

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*

Characteristic	Healthy and underweight	Overweight	Obese	Morbidly obese
2020	12.8%	35.2%	45.6%	6.5%
2019	12.4%	35.9%	45.6%	6.1%
2018	12.9%	35.4%	45.5%	6.2%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 5 to June 19, 2020

Number of respondents

28,282 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* 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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