Liposuction fitness for US military

US military personnel are turning to liposuction to remove excess fat from around the waist so they can pass a Pentagon fitness test.

Mon, 28 Oct, 2013 - 17:26

US military personnel are turning to liposuction to remove excess fat from around the waist so they can pass a Pentagon fitness test.

Some service members say they have no other choice because the Defence Department’s method of estimating body fat is weeding out not just flabby physiques but bulkier, muscular builds.

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