Obesity Now Rampant In U.S. Army

Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, the director of the Center for Health Services Research at the Uniformed Services University in Bethesda, Maryland, has led research indicating that obesity is now rampant in the U.S. Army.

After gaining 30 pounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Murillo is finally getting back into fighting shape.

Early pandemic lockdowns, endless hours on his laptop and heightened stress led Murillo, 27, to reach for cookies and chips in the barracks at F...

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