Are school lunches a national security threat?

WASHINGTON – A group of retired military officers says high-calorie school lunches are threatening national security.

A study by the group Mission: Readiness finds that school lunches are making American kids so fat that fewer of them can meet the military's physical fitness standards. That, in turn, is putting recruitment in jeopardy.

A report from the group, being released Tuesday, says that 27 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24 are too overweight to join the military.

One of the officers, retired Navy Rear Admiral James Barnett Jr., says many young Americans are simply too fat to fight.

The officers are pushing for passage of a wide-ranging nutrition bill that aims to make the nation's school lunches healthier.

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Comment by Harry Thomas on April 22, 2010 at 1:01am
i know right , this story is crazy , the mentality is sick , its like saying lets take the homeless off the streets and put em on the front lines so they can lead "productive" lives.
Comment by Marklar on April 21, 2010 at 12:52pm
Well, it appears that obesity actually saves more lives than it takes. Who'd have thunk it.
Comment by Tara on April 21, 2010 at 10:06am
Wow, unbelievable.....too fat to fight so that poses a national security risk, OMG! I agree that the school lunches should be healthier but not because the military needs a few more good and fit men for the war machine! What a joke!

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