According to a new report by the American Security Project, two out of three of the country’s reserve forces – nearly 68% – are overweight. On X, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lamented: “Completely unacceptable. This is what happens when standards are IGNORED – and this is what we are changing. REAL fitness & weight standards are here. We will be FIT, not FAT.”
WorldNetDaily spoke to retired Navy Medical Service Corps officer Lt. Ted Macie, who provided data from the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database about overweightness and obesity. Using the International Classification of Diseases code of E66, it’s quite evident in the chart below that issues concerning weight have become a genuine problem in today’s military.
https://americafirstreport.com/u-s-militarys-reserve-forces-2-in-3-are-overweight-or-obese/