There was a man with tongue of wood

Well, the Department of Defense does.

During the period 1998-2010, discharges from the US Armed Forces for obesity have risen at a rate that should concern all of us.

Presumably, the military problem reflects the similar civilian problem; however, we expect soldiers to be more physically fit than civilians.

In this inter-service rivalry no one is winning:

The entire report: Diagnoses of Overweight/Obesity, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces, 1998-
2010