Bell Ringer! Dec. 13, 2012

The army is now dealing with volunteers who are extremely too overweight to enlist. With our nation right now being a major "fat" problem, its a no brainer that our nation's army will soon be fat too. Obesity is the leading cause for people to be turned down by the army now, with numbers still growing. In 2007 116 troops were declined from joining the army because of their weight; now, 1625 people have been turned down in the first 10 months of this year. I definitely think its a problem today that the army is losing volunteers because of weight, but at the same time I'm not surprised it's happening. Our nation right now is a fat nation and if something isn't done it will only get worse.