Overweight and Military Service

<span style="font-size: large;">I am certain that soda has a lot to do with this problem, as does the increasing portion size and energy density of foods at home and restaurants.  I am certain we have a problem.</span><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: large;">Currently, about 25 percent of 17- to 24-year-olds are too overweight for military service. Also, the Department of Defense spends an estimated $1 billion per year on medical care for weight-related health problems.</span></blockquote><i><span style="font-size: large;">Mission: Readiness is the nonprofit, nonpartisan national security organization of senior retired military leaders calling for smart investments in America's children. It operates under the umbrella nonprofit Council for a Strong America. </span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Read their recently released report, Still Too Fat to Fight - <a href="http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/reports/2012/rwjf401381" target="_blank">HERE</a></span>

Overweight and Military Service

I am certain that soda has a lot to do with this problem, as does the increasing portion size and energy density of foods at home and restau...

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