too overweight to join the military

Recent medical studies have found that 4/5 (80%) of military age adults (18-25) in the United States are medically unfit to serve. In addition 1/5 (20%) are unfit for duty because they are overweight. Both as a citizen of the United States, and as a member of it's Armed Forces, these statistics absolutely horrify me.

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• deployment2009

[EmXtraMoney]

That large of the population? Perhaps you should worry more about the amount of people who have poor grammar and not so much who needs to lose weight.

[deployment2009]

@EmXtraMoney English isn't my first language, and when something gets me agitated enough I sometimes drop words from my spoken english.

[ChelseaM0rgan]

"what? what? are you serious? what?" you're the best.

[deployment2009]

yay!

[Kudosive]

@mertzdunn ??? uneducated losers most my family was in the military.. so your saying were just a bunch of un educated people huh?

[RisingXxHero]

If you're joining the Military, they need you to be on a healthy diet. If you're underweight, cram more food down your throat. Work out, muscle weighs twice as much as fat. If you're overweight, eat healthier. Salads! Vegetables! Without fattening dressings. It's really not as hard to gain/lose weight as one may imagine. Just takes a slight change in diet, and habit. You'll feel better about yourself, and most importantly, you will be healthy.

[mertzdunn]

don't blame the chubs, blame the govt for taking them. of course they're fat only uneducated losers go into the army.

[cloudpaladin]

wait, 5'7 and 170 is overweight?? i'd think the army would want you up around 200 lbs of muscle so that you can carry your pack, your weapon and potentially your buddies.

[cloudpaladin]

if theres a draft don't go to college, just go to micky dees!

[MrDudley724]

OMG You dumb ass mother fucker your are the dumdest mother fucker on you tube.....what..what....what... put down the fork put down the fork put downthe fork............shut the fuck up...your sick of this country...get the fuck out you dumb ass mother fucker! you are you stupid ass pussy ass bitch!

[011779]

Fuck off!!!



[GhettoNerd88]

@USMCddSemperFi Get off this video.

[SoldierOfWill]

@barrackobama192 lrn2grammer?=D

[barrackobama192]

Watching this drives me insane its the portion they eat the coke there just makes them eat even more yes if this doesn't bother you i agree america is fat its the 9th top obesity country in the world 15 year olds there are considered obese they just need to cut down the portion of there meals we've been there they eat massive they just need to exercise and most importantly cut down there portion of there food that's how the rest of the world doesn't get fat