Too fat to fight! A growing epidemic

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  1. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

  2. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    The report that 71% of men between 18 and 24 are too fat to enlist seems staggeringly high. If we extrapolate from 50% twenty years ago, the number would reach 100% by 2050 -- except for that one skinny guy in Idaho, but he's a pacifist.
     
  3. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  4. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    I remember reading or hearing (can't remember which...) a few years ago that the obesity epidemic was going to become a national security issue. It didn't sound entirely outlandish, but I felt like the problem was overstated. I guess we now have some more info that proves the prognostication was correct.
     
  5. Luciano700

    Luciano700 Member

    2nd post in!


    It seems the obesity epidemic is one of the biggest symptoms of consumerism culture out there, there is a reason why food joints now try to obsessively decorate themselves more than ever.
     
  6. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Even McD's is starting to up their aesthetics game. The new and remodeled ones in my area look less like the defacto day care centers they used to be and more like tv set versions of coffee shops.
     
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  7. Luciano700

    Luciano700 Member

    Right?
     
  8. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    Most police departments don't have height and weight standards. Some might think that's a bad thing, but an initial physical test along with annual or biannual testing is usually sufficient for making sure that officers are physically capable of doing their jobs. You'd be surprised at how many overweight people happen to be athletic.

    Many departments have also switched to task-based physical fitness testing. These are usually obstacle courses. I see that the military is starting to do something similar.
     

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