SubscribeI am speechless, but my drill sergeants warned us about this way back in 2001. We’re the video game generation they said. Nobody gets and exercise anymore they said… 
“Is chow allowed in the barracks private Pyle?”
“Sir, No Sir!”
“Are you allowed to eat Jelly Donuts private Pyle?”
“Sir, No Sir!”
“Any why not?”
“Sir… because I’m too heavy, Sir!”
“Because you are a DISGUSTING FATBODY private Pyle!”
Rising rates of obesity among young Americans could pose a risk to the future of the military, two retired generals are warning.
John Shalikashvili and Hugh Shelton, both former chairmen of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote in the Washington Post: “Obesity rates threaten the overall health of America and the future strength of our military.
“We consider this problem so serious from a national security perspective that we have joined more than 130 other retired generals, admirals and senior military leaders in calling on Congress to pass new child nutrition legislation.”
They say more than a quarter of American youth are now too fat to fight and that weight is ruling out more potential recruits than any other medical factor.
From nzherald.co.nz. Read the full article.
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