Too Fat to Fight

Discussion Questions:
1. What is your general opinion of the article?
I think is an interesting article because put the spotlight in the importance of food nowadays, and how the food problems affect everything even the military service…
2. What do you think are the risks of having unhealthy service men? What are ways to help combat this problem?
It is a big deal; you need men and woman fit to the military service they should be healthy and in good shape it not their performance in the battlefield will be very bad and a lot of them could die.
I think is a cultural problem about bad habits in food. So is very important to teach all the population about the healthy food, the importance of diet in your health and so forth… Also, to promote healthy meals in school, and public services.
3. Are the men in service in your country very fit (police officers, soldiers, firefighters, EMT)? Why do you think this is important?
Yes, no doubt, most of them are in good shape, even too fit or strong… sometimes they look like as models…
Yes I think it’s very important for some jobs like police, firefighters, soldiers, etc… the have to be in good shape and fit because their job are physically demanding, not to be fit, could be the difference between life and dead in some occasions.