Military-style ‘boot camps’ are a byword for the extreme fitness regimens that celebrities and the public alike flock to in an effort to shed their wobbly bits.

But for all their assault courses, quick marches and rigorous fitness standards, it appears that Britain’s soldiers are facing the same obesity crisis as the rest of the country.

Scores of soldiers have been booted out of the British Army because they are too fat to fight and hundreds more have been branded unfit, raising fears over their ability to defend out country.

Reported by the Mail Online. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.