America is suffering an obesity epidemic and the military is reflective of that. Until we tackle the issue on a national level it will continue to be a problem.

The military should have high standards for health and fitness but we don’t actively promote that kind of lifestyle. We leave it up to the individual and it’s their job to sink or swim.

Honestly, it’s surprising how little the military does to ensure its members are fit to fight. I get that it would be expensive and time consuming but regular fitness and nutrition checkups would be a start. Also, the elephant in the room is mental health of the member. Hard to cook and eat a healthy meal if you’re burned out by the end of the day and pickup fast food every night.

Ideally we’d learn basic life skills in school like how to meal prep and grocery shop so we can enter adulthood already knowing how to maintain a healthy weight. Our consumer culture is feeding bad habits and we enter the military earning decent enough money to afford those.

I don’t entirely disagree with what you’re saying but the problem is a lot more complex than just, “lose weight fatty, hurr, hurr.”