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EATING DISORDERS
the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; the
Departments of the Air Force, Army, Navy, or the U.S. military at
large; the Department of Defense; or the U.S. government.
The Authors
DAVID A. KLEIN, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is the Chief of Medical
Sta, 316th Medical Group, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling,
Washington, DC, and an associate professor in the Depart-
ments of Family Medicine and Pediatrics at the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.
JILLIAN E. SYLVESTER, MD, CAQ, FAAFP, is an assistant
professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the Uni-
formed Services University of the Health Sciences, an adjunct
assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at
Saint Louis University, and a member of the teaching faculty
at the Southwest Illinois Family Medicine Residency at Saint
Louis University.
NATASHA A. SCHVEY, PhD, is an assistant professor in the
Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology at the Uni-
formed Services University of the Health Sciences, and a
research collaborator for the Section on Growth and Obesity
at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
Address correspondence to David A. Klein, MD, MPH, 316th
Medical Group, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, 238 Brookley
Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20373 (email: david.a.klein26.mil@
mail.mil). Reprints are not available from the authors.
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