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Unfit to serve: Obesity rates affect military

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A growing percentage of young adults are physically unfit to serve in the nation’s military.

One out of every three Americans ages 17-24 don’t qualify for military services, shrinking the recruitment pool for the United States’ top defense agencies.

Mola Lenghi reports from Washington.