U.S. report said that finding qualified recruits to enter the army has become a greater challenge than ever before due to the increasing phenomenon of weight gain in America, which means that obesity has become a threat to national security.
According to the report of the network 'CBS' U.S. the growing obesity in the United States reduces the ratio of qualified to serve in the army means that obesity pose a threat to national security.
Said Sergeant Laura Peterson is responsible for recruitment in the U.S. Army of the network 'I think the problem is certainly getting worse. Population is increasing and they are not moving enough. '
He said that the army responsible in 27 'of Americans between 17 and 24 years old are not allowed to excess weight and to serve in the army, and in the last fifty years, the number of women who were considered unfit for service three times while the number of men who are not qualified twice.
Said retired Adm. James Barnett that obesity 'is not a major health issue for our nation, it has become a matter for national security', note that the Barnett fight obesity in the army in the campaign launched by First Lady Michelle Obama last February.
And requests that the military today is subject to the ranks of recruiters on nutrition as part of basic training.
Barnett said 'when you talk about nutrition, do not talk about healthy bodies but also healthy minds.
Nutrition affects the body and mind alike. We want them together. '
The officials and the U.S. Army the task of monitoring whether the soldiers have the fitness required to serve in the army, and those found he could not keep in shape may be expelled from the army.
The 'CBS' The Pentagon has spent one billion dollars annually on medical care related to weight and obesity.
Source: Jerusalem Arab
According to the report of the network 'CBS' U.S. the growing obesity in the United States reduces the ratio of qualified to serve in the army means that obesity pose a threat to national security.
Said Sergeant Laura Peterson is responsible for recruitment in the U.S. Army of the network 'I think the problem is certainly getting worse. Population is increasing and they are not moving enough. '
He said that the army responsible in 27 'of Americans between 17 and 24 years old are not allowed to excess weight and to serve in the army, and in the last fifty years, the number of women who were considered unfit for service three times while the number of men who are not qualified twice.
Said retired Adm. James Barnett that obesity 'is not a major health issue for our nation, it has become a matter for national security', note that the Barnett fight obesity in the army in the campaign launched by First Lady Michelle Obama last February.
And requests that the military today is subject to the ranks of recruiters on nutrition as part of basic training.
Barnett said 'when you talk about nutrition, do not talk about healthy bodies but also healthy minds.
Nutrition affects the body and mind alike. We want them together. '
The officials and the U.S. Army the task of monitoring whether the soldiers have the fitness required to serve in the army, and those found he could not keep in shape may be expelled from the army.
The 'CBS' The Pentagon has spent one billion dollars annually on medical care related to weight and obesity.
Source: Jerusalem Arab
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