too fat to fight!?

I was reading the NY Times today and, of course, I focused more on the Health section than any of the others.  I came across an article describing the physical status of our military.  Sadly, its not too much different than us civilians.  Here are a few stats from a report compiled by retired generals and admirals titled Too Fat to Fight:

*the number of recruits that failed the physical fitness test between 1995 and 2008 rose 70% (20% at one testing center alone in 2006, up from 4% in 2000)

*in 2002, 3 recruits broke their pubic bone.  the same injury occurred 39 times in 2009 (why?  too much sugar and not enough calcium and iron)

I think this quote says it all.  Asked about the new fitness regiment for today's armed forces, a West Point fitness instructor said this:

“It’s back to the future,” Mr. Palkoska says before starting into a lament about the Xbox generation. “Technology is great, but it’s killing us.”

Want to know if you would pass?  Check out the standards here.  You can read the entire NY Times article here.