Some service members and health experts say the Pentagon isn't doing enough to address eating disorders, which are sometimes linked to the military's strict weight limits. From AmHomefront:
Retired Navy senior chief Leah Stiles leads a group of incoming officers on the final night of induction season September 15, 2011.Retired Navy senior chief Leah Stiles caused a stir this summer when she posted a personal account of her 20-year military career on social media. She revealed that she spent much of that time desperately trying to hide an eating disorder that now requires inpatient treatment.
“I know that this is an epidemic that this culture is facing, and so I just wanted to come up with something that I could make an impact,” Stiles said. “We are working with leadership to hopefully bring around a program for this much needed population that has been, in a sense, underserved,” Gregory said, crediting the new program in part to Stiles — a high-ranking former senior chief — going public.Gregory’s program is just for Navy personnel. A broader response for the whole military would have to come from the Defense Health Agency, which declined an interview request.
“It is definitely under-counted for sure because these were just the service members who were actually diagnosed and reported through the military health system,” said Katrina Velazquez, a public policy attorney with the Eating Disorders Coalition. “It’s significantly under-reported.”“The time of diagnosis is five to ten years after they've been living with this condition,” said Commander Monica Ormeno, a top psychiatric advisor to the Navy.
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