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" An estimated 16% percent of active duty U.S. military personnel were obese in 2004, with the cost of remedial bariatric surgery for the military reaching US$15 million in 2002. Obesity is currently the largest single cause for the discharge of uniformed personnel.

In 2005, 9 million adults aged 17 to 24, or 27%, were too overweight to be considered for service in the military. "

Despite their mandatory height and weight requirements the military personannel are still exposed to the same amount of high risk unhealthy food. For example, many times they receive discounts from fast food places such as Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts or Taco Bell. There are also many stressors in the environement due to psychological or physical trauma to either the soldier or the family. During deployment many times soldiers eat MRE's (which are meals made ready to eat), but they are often high in calorie intake resulting in them eating an excess of over 3,700 calories in a day. In order to fight the increased risk of weight gain many will go through extreme diet changes like extreme food restirctions but this actually results in higher risk of obesity or other possibly life threatening health issues. "  The obesity rate for the Hispanic or Latino adults category (over 30 BMI) in the US in 2015 was 31.8%. For the overall Hispanic or Latino men category, the rate of obesity was 31.8% in 2015. For the overall Hispanic or Latino women category, the rate of obesity was 31.8% in 2015.  "

Compared to other non-Hispanic white males, the Hispanic males tend to have a higher rate of obesity due to the increase in age. This also applies to Hipanic women who are of an older age compared to other non-Hispanic women in their similar age group.