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An overweight service member who failed the so-called “tape test” struggles doing sit ups during a workout on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. Doctors say a number of military personnel are turning to liposuction to remove excess fat from around the waist so they can pass the Pentagon’s body fat test. Some service members say they have no other choice because the Defense Department’s method of
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An overweight service member who failed the so-called “tape test” struggles doing sit ups during a workout on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013, at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. Doctors say a number of military personnel are turning to liposuction to remove excess fat from around the waist so they can pass the Pentagon’s body fat test. Some service members say they have no other choice because the Defense Department’s method of estimating body fat is weeding out not just flabby physiques but bulkier, muscular builds. Some doctors and fitness experts agree — and they’re calling for the military’s fitness standards to be revamped. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Phew.
— Kimberly A.C. Wilson