Top Military Brass Sees Obesity Epidemic As National Security Threat

First lady Obama gets key allies in Congress' food fight: military officials. "For the top military brass, the obesity epidemic is increasingly seen as a threat to national security. About 75 percent of young adults are not eligible to serve in the military because of obesity, lack of education and/or criminal records....The organization strongly backed the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, a bipartisan law that overhauled the National School Lunch Program and set new health standards for all food sold in schools. Now, the admirals and generals are gearing up for a back-to-school campaign to ensure that Congress doesn’t weaken the standards this school year — or in 2015, when the law is set to be reauthorized." Helena Bottemiller Evich in Politico