039 School News (#2): Too Fat To Fight

Picture: Hey kids! The military wants you to know that if you eat right and exercise, a nice box like one of these could have your name on it one day.

School lunches called a national security threat!
Retired military officers say kids are growing up too pudgy for service

WASHINGTON - School lunches have been called many things, but a group of retired military officers is giving them a new label: national security threat.

That's not a reference to the mystery meat served up in the cafeteria line either. The retired officers are saying that school lunches have helped make the nation's young people so fat that fewer of them can meet the military's physical fitness standards, and recruitment is in jeopardy.. Read More Here