1. Army Weight Control:
Keeping Soldiers Always
Physically Fit and Combat-
Ready
Obesity has become an epidemic across the United States and other countries. To
remedy this, there has been an influx of different weight loss programs in the industry
aiming to help individuals suffering from obesity or being overweight. In the military
service, being overweight is a big no-no!

2. Even extra little fat is not tolerated, that is why soldiers have to be very careful with
their physical care. As what they say, a fit army is a combat-ready army. So, for the
reason of keeping every military man healthy and fit, a program called, army weight
control, is formulated to help maintain weight those who have excess body fat, or are
overweight.
What is the objective of army weight control program?
The primary objective why this program was formulated is to ensure all military
personnel and soldiers control their weight. This is very important so they would be
able to meet physical demands, which are required of them especially when under
duties of combat conditions. The secondary objective is all for appearance. The
program aims to present each soldier in their best military appearance or look at all
times.

3. The program is also promoted to avoid military personnel from being sanctioned with
limitations, which include non-promotable, not given authorization to attend civilian
or any professional military schooling, and not being assigned to any command
positions, when they are overweight or have excess body fats.
How does an army qualify for the program?
As soon as the soldier is found guilty of such body condition, he is automatically made a
candidate to undergo with the program. Basically, there are two ways how to
determine if a soldier is a candidate. All soldiers are measured in terms of their weight
and height using a standard screening table weight. If the weight of a certain soldier
exceeds body fat standard, he is going to be given notification or recommendation
letter stating the need to undergo army weight program to correct the problem.

4. Unlike civilian citizens, an army is considered overweight already when his percent
body fat reaches more than what is stated in the standard screening table weight.
However, in such condition when a unit commander decides a soldier looks his body fat
is excessive, the former may automatically recommend him to undergo the same
program.
There are reasons why the service has to be strict in implementing this program.
Needless to say, soldiers or any others who are in the military service are supposedly
the image of strong and at all times combat-ready individuals. Therefore, the concern
with which arising from excess body fat is strongly advocated is to primarily avoid the
representation of lack of personal discipline, lack of proper military appearance, and
poor physical fitness, stamina, and state of health.
An army candidate for weight control program starts undergoing the training the day
he has been informed by his unit commander or the day when he has been enrolled.
During the program, an army is expected to be measured monthly to track his body fat
changes. The circumference sites to be measured include neck and abdomen for male

5. soldiers, and neck, wrist, largest part of the buttock, and forearm for female soldiers. A
tape test is conducted through the use of non-stretchable material, mostly made of
fiberglass and administered by two persons.
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