Betcha didn't see this one coming...

US youngsters are too fat to fight, warn generals

Former generals want Congress to act to give children better food in schools. Rising rates of obesity among young Americans could undermine the future of the US military, two retired generals have warned.

More than a quarter of young Americans are now too fat to fight, they said.

LINK HERE

A nation growing with slow, easy targets... that can't be good.

Three words: Armor plated Hoverrounds.

The advent of electronic entertainment has ruined our kids.

It's not electronic entertainment that's the problem. It's the failure to parent.

There will always be something new coming along to entice kids that makes the job of a parent more difficult. However, it always comes back to how the parent chooses to teach their kids to handle the temptations of life.

Edited May 2, 201015 yr by usonia

I thought the future of warfare was unmanned...

Betcha didn't see this one coming...

US youngsters are too fat to fight, warn generals

Former generals want Congress to act to give children better food in schools. Rising rates of obesity among young Americans could undermine the future of the US military, two retired generals have warned.

More than a quarter of young Americans are now too fat to fight, they said.

LINK HERE

A nation growing with slow, easy targets... that can't be good.

The MARINES have been saying this for years. When I went in I passed the PT test easy. When my Son went in he had to do PT for weeks before they shipped him to boot camp. Now he is a E-6 Staff Sargent in better shape and any 16-20 year old on the street.

usonia has a good point.

i thought power suits were in reserch and were, maybe 10 years away from first field tests? or something liek that, you know, mecha suits...

shut up & give me my cake.

i thought power suits were in reserch and were, maybe 10 years away from first field tests? or something liek that, you know, mecha suits...

Will the US Military be employing the 'Enclave' power suit design?

Looks like it would sweat off about 40 pounds of FAT a day, wearin' that thing.

Well it doesn't help that most of the food we (especially children) eat that's sold today is very unhealthy.

Went to Subway for lunch today... had their Italian BMT (not particularly low fat), but had it on their tasty new flatbread (I figured it was better for me than a regular sub roll, and it is thick enough to hold everything in). And instead of chips, I got a sac of apples. To drink it was a Diet Coke.

Will the US Military be employing the 'Enclave' power suit design?

think that's a tad ahead of our tech right now. lol