Fixing the military's overweight and obesity crisis

[rangerrebew]

Fixing the military's overweight and obesity crisis
 
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Our young service members are experiencing a crisis involving too much junk food and not enough movement that is leading them to be overweight and obese.

Such issues threaten not only their current military readiness, but their ability to age in a healthy way, with a study released last fall revealing that nearly 70 percent of U.S. service members are within the overweight or obese ranges of the body mass index.
 
A previous research study enrolling active duty service members who were seeking assistance with weight management offers a case in point: A young male participant was at risk for early discharge from the military for exceeding body fat standards. He lacked a professional appearance in uniform and was unable to keep up on unit physical training.

When told that he had strong bones after a research study bone density scan, he had his platoon sergeant accompany him to the research office so we could explain that he had "big bones" which accounted for his large body mass.

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[Smokin Joe]

I question the use of BMI for a measure, anyway. It's just the old height/weight thing, without regard for what makes up that weight. If you have a lot of muscle (which weighs more than fat per unit volume) you could be interpreted on the basis of numbers alone to be obese when you have very little body fat.