largeincharge90: For those of you who may think that swelling obesity rates and ballooning bellies i
largeincharge90: For those of you who may think that swelling obesity rates and ballooning bellies is mainly an American tendency, or a developed world tendency, think again. In Cambodia, the military is getting to be quite fat. They recently cracked down hard on obese soldiers. The following is an article detailing this story (I edited out the fat-shaming parts and left only the best). While some of these guys are varying degrees of “chubby,” I would invite you to feast your eyes on the very well-rounded porkers to the left of the front row. They must be hauling a solid 50-75 lbs of extra fat on those guts of theirs. Military Police Officers Fight Battle of the Bulge More than 100 military police from a unit in Banteay Meanchey province were ordered to strip off their shirts on Tuesday, and take a walk of shame—in front of assembled media—to highlight the obesity problem facing the country’s armed forces. In films, soldiers are typically portrayed as muscular defenders of the nation. But stripped of their military fatigues it was evident why some members of the armed forces are being told to go on a strict diet and exercise regime to battle ballooning bellies that are threatening the image and effectiveness of the military. The military police officers in Banteay Meanchey, and others around the country, will now be given six months to cut out their R&R—beer has also been banned—and shape up.If they fail to lose the excess weight, they will be shipped off to a boot camp where a personal trainer will whip them into shape, Mr. Sreng said. Given the growing problem of obese servicemen, national military police spokesman Kheng Tito said the authorities had deemed it necessary to take these special, and very public, measures to improve fitness levels and general health. The military is not the only department of the government in need of a trim—many of Phnom Penh’s traffic police officers sport portly figures on the streets, a job that requires little in the way of exercise. “My belly became bigger and bigger when I started drinking beer every night with my friends after work,” admitted 50-year-old Um Vannarin while patrolling the corner of Norodom Boulevard and Street 240 on Thursday. -- source link