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This study assessed for differences in OV\/OB as estimated growth curves in SMs and veterans compared to civilian peers from adolescence to middle adulthood.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study was retrospective secondary analysis of the Add Health restricted-use dataset, with a final study sample of 6,465 individuals followed across 5 waves of data collected from 1994 to 2018. A generalized linear mixed model, which used a dichotomous military service grouping variable based on reported history of military service and tested relevant covariates and demographics, was estimated using maximum (pseudo) likelihood to assess for similarity between the body mass index (BMI) growth curves of the study sample\u2019s SMs\/veterans compared to civilians.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>BMI growth curves for the SM\/veteran group differed from civilian group (\u03b3 = \u22121.01; P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). The growth curves began with different intercepts (i.e., the main effect of veteran status) but remained parallel, with veterans\u2019 BMI remaining 1 kg\/m2 lower than civilians\u2019 BMI at all waves. Both growth curves were the same shape, approached OB by wave 5, and experienced large increases in BMI. The best fitted model contained a random intercept for participant; categorical treatment of time with a random slope; controlled for ethnicity (\u03b3\u2009=\u20090.72), sex (\u03b3\u2009=\u20090.66), general health status (\u03b3\u2009\u2265\u20090.66), sleep (\u03b3 = \u22120.24), hazardous alcohol use (\u03b3 = \u22120.74), sugary beverage consumption (\u03b3 = \u22120.03); and used an autoregressive (1) specification to account for serial correlation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Veterans\u2019 growth curve had lower predicted BMIs at all waves; however, both the veterans\u2019 and civilians\u2019 growth curves approached OB by middle age. Findings indicated OV\/OB are powerful factors affecting the newest generations of SMs and veterans. Elevated OV\/OB rates create negative health consequences for individual people and the U.S. military. 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