Q: How many young Americans are too overweight to join the military?
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- 9 percent
- 16 percent
- 27 percent
- 65 percent
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The correct answer is 27 percent.
That's right, 9 million young adults -- 27 percent of all Americans aged 17 to 24 -- are too overweight to enlist in the military. "To put this problem into perspective, today’s young Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 would have to collectively lose 390 million pounds in order to be at a healthy weight," said Paul D. Monroe, U.S. Army (Ret.), Executive Advisory Council, Mission: Readiness, at a committee hearing.
Yesterday, the Committee passed the Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act to support children’s health and reduce childhood hunger by dramatically improving federal child nutrition programs. "This bill addresses the need to work with children of all ages, from infants to high school age, to help them form healthy habits," said Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, chair of the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities and original co-sponsor of the legislation.
That's right, 9 million young adults -- 27 percent of all Americans aged 17 to 24 -- are too overweight to enlist in the military. "To put this problem into perspective, today’s young Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 would have to collectively lose 390 million pounds in order to be at a healthy weight," said Paul D. Monroe, U.S. Army (Ret.), Executive Advisory Council, Mission: Readiness, at a committee hearing.
Yesterday, the Committee passed the Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act to support children’s health and reduce childhood hunger by dramatically improving federal child nutrition programs. "This bill addresses the need to work with children of all ages, from infants to high school age, to help them form healthy habits," said Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, chair of the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities and original co-sponsor of the legislation.
Hi: It is ironic that the Child Care food Program was started because too many children were undernourished, and thus could not join the Army for WWII. And the Child Care programs that were started then, for the "Rosie the Riviter" are being threatened with closure because of budget cuts. Thanks to the courage of legislators like George Miller, many children will have a much better future. Thanks, Rep. Miller.