Posted on 10/19/2023 9:31:11 AM PDT by JonPreston
WASHINGTON — Almost seven out of every 10 U.S. troops are either overweight or obese, according to a new report, which also warns the growing trend could compromise military readiness and undermine national security.
The American Security Project, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that studies modern national security issues, conducted the study and found 68% of active-duty service members fall somewhere between overweight and obese on the body mass index, which is a long-used but controversial method of assessing a person’s body classification by height and weight. A person between 25 and 30 on the BMI is considered clinically overweight and more than 30 is considered obese, according to the National Institutes of Health.
“Rapid and sustained recurrence of obesity across all services, ranks and positions now poses a dire threat, especially for at-risk populations and those in critical combat roles,” the group’s report states. “Designing an effective strategy to monitor and tackle obesity within the U.S. military begins by treating it like any other chronic disease.”
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Thank god they are all vaxxed and boosted.
It’s from eating at the illegal alien food trucks instead of in the mess halls. Too many Breakfast Tacos.
Is that My Little Pony underwear?
Really what with the rampant faggotry ongoing in the Military, being a fat slob of a soldier pales in comparison.
you never miss a chance to slag America, do you
I wonder if they still have mess halls. Even If they do then they probably just have cubies with McDonald’s, and Dunkin Donuts. Like in a mall.
Charge of the Not So Light brigade
Looks like it’s a “fanny pack” where he stores his Skittles and Reese’s peanut butter cups.
LOL!!
Fat boys and girls are the norm, reflecting society
Chow hall food getting good I guess lol
I don’t know how he did it, but even his helmet looks too small.
Can’t admit to Nazi Canuckistan can ya, Foreigner?
If this doesn’t wake one up to the state of our military and our country, then I don’t know what will.
Milley was interested in one thing, that that the troops were well versed in CRT and Woke.
Send out the Gender perfect ones in their heels to get shot first. Maybe their dresses will get caught in the desert wilderness.
I’m 61. I was recently running laps at the local high school track when about 30 members of the local Army National Guard showed up for a timed 2-mile run. I was running only 9 minutes per mile, but I stayed ahead of most of this out-of-shape bunch. There were five guys who kept ahead of me, but the rest were in pitiful condition.
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