Reconstitution

[daftandbarmy]

I have never seen a situation when this was an issue. I value competency in trades vs fitness, as long as people meet the minimum standards. Failing at my mission has far more repercussions in my leadership, or unit/national military.

I'm with you, don't get me wrong.

But I can guarantee you it is an issue in some places, having seen grossly obese Canadian Infantry Officers - for example - wearing CADPAT tents...

 

[MilEME09]

You can mandate all the PT you want, but you'll never out train a bad diet. The CAF mandating a diet plan will have more of an impact for the obese than letting them dick around in the gym for an hour a day. The FORCE test itself is decent enough to keep using, however the 5 minutes (or whatever it is now) between sections need to be reduced to 2 minutes. 5 min recovery is excessive IMO.

I agree, I worked as a chef for 12 years, it's pretty easy to tell when stuff comes to base kitchens pre made in a box. Controlling the waist line starts with the kitchen, and it starts with cutting out processed foods. More scratch cooking to ensure nutrition, not stuffing us with enough preservatives, sodium and sugar that our bodies will last 100 years after we die.

Example I'd say chicken Kyiv was served once every couple weeks last time I was in borden. Straight out of a box, about 15% of my sodium intake in one piece.

Healthier eating is the biggest thing the CAF still doesn't get right. I get it, it's cheaper and easier to order in 100 cans of tomato sauce then make it in a steam kettle or beef stock, but if we actually cared about the health of our troops we would be teaching our cooks how to be scratch cooks not cooks at a pub opening up a box and heating it up.

 

[daftandbarmy]

We can't do everything. Diet is up to members.

Starts early, it seems....

Preschoolers get almost half their calories from ultra-processed foods: study

University of Toronto research finds diet putting Canadian kids at risk of obesity

www.vernonmorningstar.com

 

[Navy_Pete]

I'm with you, don't get me wrong.

But I can guarantee you it is an issue in some places, having seen grossly obese Canadian Infantry Officers - for example - wearing CADPAT tents...

I'm sure we've all seen examples of that, and agree it's an issue, but I know personnally I was doing a lot of stress eating in my previous job when I was trying to cover for massive personnel shortages and still deliver on the support requirements.

There are a lot of positions where you can can get away from it, and it's definitely not healthy, but is a symptom of the chronic shortfall that is getting worse with the hiring freeze and budget cuts that was funding things like the contractors backfilling empty positions.