Top Army recruiter weighs fat camp for recruits
The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting a fat farm to transform chubby trainees into svelte soldiers.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Bostick, head of the Army Recruiting Command, said he wants to see a formal diet and fitness regimen running alongside a new school at Fort Jackson that helps aspiring troops earn their GEDs.
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Blame is placed in the piece on "a lack of physical education in high schools." I have argued for some time however that the endemic problem of obesity has far more to do with diet than with a lack of exercise. Portions of food in this nation are outrageous. Combine this with a ubiquitous fast-food culture that downplays discipline and self-control, rewards laziness and stokes an entitlement mentality and you have the perfect recipe for an obese nation. Last week it was revealed that there are more obese people in America than merely overweight.
The findings of a study done by Loyola University Health System back up the assertion that diet is more helpful in losing weight than exercising.
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Here's an interesting table from the AP that charts weight problems in the military.
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