Pentagon: U.S. Troops Keep Getting "Fatter" and "Fatter" - dailycaller.com
Excerpt from this article:
"In terms of data, 7.8% of the military is overweight, which
represents a staggering rise from 1.6% in 2001. Pentagon officials are
divided over whether the rising overweight rate in the military is a
threat to the security of the U.S. The statistic is derived from the
Body Mass Index of U.S. troops.
'If I have to climb up to the top of a mountain in Nuristan, in
Afghanistan, and if I have someone who is classified as clinically
obese, they are potentially going to be a liability for me on that
patrol,' the U.S. Army’s top Non-Commissioned Officer cautioned in a statement to Military Times."
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