article_snippet.sent: US Army recruiters, facing overweight prospective soldiers who are eager to sign up, have become fitness coaches - much like the trainers on NBC's The Biggest Loser.
article_snippet.sent: The recruiters will spend time educating the hopefuls on diet and exercise and encourage The recruiters to lose the pounds necessary to qualify for boot camp.
article_snippet.sent: Many still fail to make the grade, but some do - such as a female recruit from Kansas who lost 80 pounds in a year so that she could sign up. '
article_snippet.sent: our Army recruiters are having to act like the trainers on NBC's The Biggest Loser (ex-trainer Jillian Michaels pictured above) when Army recruiters met prospective soldiers who are eager to sign up but are too fat to fight .