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2023-10-21 Government Corruption

Nearly 70 Percent of US Troops Are Overweight or Obese

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-10-21 10:58|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 I blame the improvement of MRE selection and flavor. Freeze dried corn dog was just too tasty.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-10-21 11:21|| 2023-10-21 11:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Surprise, surprise. Lower physical fitness standards so Missy can pass them and guess what. Dudes aren't training as hard as they used to in order to burn off all the calories. Besides, morning physical training isn't as important as making the DEI classes for your evaluation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-10-21 11:46|| 2023-10-21 11:46|| Front Page Top

#3 "overweight" or "obese" under BMI criteria

...which only looks at weight vs height. I remember Old Spook complaining that he was forever being spoken to by civilian doctors because the BMI charts don’t take into account strong bones and serious muscularity.

So quite possibly there is a real obesity crisis in our military — all those men taking estrogen will have an effect on the statistics in addition to lowered standards — but BMI is not the way to measure it in a population intended to be much more muscular that the civilian norm.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-10-21 14:02|| 2023-10-21 14:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps the fit ones are otherwise occupied walking in iron or cunning a CAT? Woke advertising has its toll

Posted by Jefe101 2023-10-21 14:32|| 2023-10-21 14:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Walking on iron or running a CAT. Sorry old thumbs.

Posted by Jefe101 2023-10-21 14:33|| 2023-10-21 14:33|| Front Page Top

#6 68% of them fall into the categories of "overweight" or "obese" under BMI criteria

It is nice when you can characterize a complex system with a single number. It is even nicer when that number means something.

BMI is a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. It kinda sort works for your average person, but as others have mentioned, it tags very fit people as obese. I could believe 70% of troops are overweight, but I would want better evidence than BMI numbers.

Hey, since the real issue is fitness and not mass, why don't we use a test, like how long it takes to run a mile? Of course, that is a bit racist because it discriminates against persons who are un-possessors of legs.

Posted by SteveS 2023-10-21 20:08|| 2023-10-21 20:08|| Front Page Top

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