Obesity threatens US military readiness - EurekAlert

Obesity is recognized as a public health crisis with serious medical and economic effects, but a Perspective in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, published by Elsevier, outlines how obesity's consequences also impact the US military.

audio: Co-author Sara Police, PhD, Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, talks about the complex problem of obesity impacts the US military.… [+3557 chars]

full article...