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Obesity in the Military


I read a report this week about increases in obesity rates in the military. The rates of obesity among US troops has more than doubled since the beginning of the Iraq war. This mirrors obesity rates that continue to rise for the general population. With these higher rates of overweight and obesity in the military come more health-related problems. In addition, and very important, there is poorer fitness and combat readiness. I can only imagine that stress has to be a contributing factor in the rising obesity rates. This is one more very important reason why we need to come up with a national strategy to combat obesity.

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