@article{ref1,
title="Obesity and National Defense: Will America Be Too Heavy to Fight?",
journal="Military medicine",
year="2015",
author="Gagnon, Matthew and Stephens, Mark B.",
volume="180",
number="4",
pages="464-467",
abstract="Obesity has been a topic of intense interest in the United States for several years. Rising rates of obesity have led some to question whether or not America will be able to readily sustain a fit fighting force into the future. This study seeks to describe at what point, projecting current trends in obesity and military accession, there would no longer be a sufficient number of qualified applicants to support an effective military fighting force. By analyzing trends in national obesity data and military accession records, the authors were unable to determine a realistic time projection of a year in which the United States would no longer be able to find enough qualified military applicants as a result of increasing obesity rates.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0026-4075",
doi="10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00328",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00328"
}