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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/soldiers-too-fat-to-fight/">Soldiers: Too Fat To Fight?</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted April 17, 2008 at 04:00 PM by Donnell Peavy</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">I recently read an article which commented on the obesity epidemic the U.S. and how it has invaded the military.According to That’s Fit, despite the grueling training many men and women in the service undergo, our soldiers, on average, carry more body fat than they ever have before. “According to a related article on Military.com, 20 percent of all male recruits and 40 percent of female recruits are too heavy to enter into the military ranks. As a result, some are failing out for not meeting minimal fitness standards, and others are just barely squeezing by.” I have seen this first-hand, as I have friends who were repeatedly denied due to their weight. My friends were assigned trainers to get them down to the required maximum allowable weight, meaning they just barely passed the…<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/soldiers-too-fat-to-fight/">(<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/soldiers-too-fat-to-fight/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/soldiers-too-fat-to-fight/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/soldiers-too-fat-to-fight/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/in-the-news/">in-the-news</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/his-health/">his-health</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/lifestyle-health/">lifestyle-health</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/hes-fit-reviews/">hes-fit-reviews</a><br /><br /> </P>