Are America's kids too fat to fight?
April 26, 2010 - 1:10pmlifestyle/familyWASHINGTON -- With 27 percent of Americans ages 17 to 24 too overweight or obese to qualify for the U.S. military, Congress should use the reauthorization of the child nutrition programs this year to ban junk foods in the schools and provide President Obama's request for an additional $1 billion per year to improve school meals, a group of senior retired military officers said at a news conference April 20.
"Schools are a critical place...