article_snippet.sent: The general in charge of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command has warned that America’s growing obesity epidemic
article_snippet.sent: Major General Allen Batschelet warns that current trends mean as many as half of young Americans will be so grossly overweight by the end of the decade that the military will be unable to recruit enough qualified soldiers.
article_snippet.sent: As many as half of young Americans will be so grossly overweight by the end of the decade that the military will be unable to recruit enough qualified soldiers.
article_snippet.sent: The obesity issue is the most troubling because the trend is going in the wrong direction,' Major General Allen Batschelet told CNN. '
article_snippet.sent: Obesity rates have tripled in a generation with more than one-third of U.S. adults now considered obese, while 17 percent of all children and adolescents in the U.S. are obese.
highlights_snippet.sent: General in charge of US Army recruiting has warned that America's growing obesity epidemic 'is becoming a national security issue'
  Major General Allen Batschelet says 10 percent of young men and women are currently refused because 10 percent of young men and women are too heavy .
  