Some stats from the article:
In 1998, the number of military personnel diagnosed overweight or obese stood at 25,652, or 1.6 percent of the entire armed forces. In 2003, it increased to 34,333 (2.1 percent), and from then to 2008 the number doubled to 68,786 (4.4 percent of the total).
I guess the question that pops in my head is whether the soldiers while in the military are getting more "out of proportion", or has the military been taking people in that are overweight from the start that they wouldn't normally take in because they are overweight? If they are taking people in now that they normally wouldn't normally recruit in the past due to being overweight, why the new lax in policy?
But this really is the trend around the country in almost anything really. I would bet the number of overweight accountants and lawyers is probably up over the last number of years as well.
CHECK BACK MONDAY
Monday I'm going to have a write up on a workout that I've been experimenting with. So make sure to check back then and take a look.
Have a good weekend.
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