Loading ...USA – Pandemic pounds push 10,000 U.S. Army soldiers into obesity
“The Army and the other services need to focus on how to bring the forces back to fitness,”
Overweight and obese troops are more likely to be injured and less likely to endure the physical demands of their profession. The military loses more than 650,000 workdays each year because of extra weight and obesity-related health costs exceed $1.5 billion annually for current and former service members and their families, federal research shows.