After gaining 14 kilograms (30 pounds) during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Murillo is finally getting back into fighting shape. Early pandemic lockdowns, endless hours on his laptop and heightened stress led Murillo, 27, to reach for cookies and chips in the barracks at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Gyms were closed,…
Thousands of soldiers in the U.S. military developed obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The army failed to meet its recruiting goals for the first time in 2022.
Researchers from the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland found 10,000 active servicemen got too fat during the pandemic, pushing the obesity rate from 18 to 23 percent.
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