Childhood obesity has been covered quite a bit in the news lately — Michelle Obama has adopted the issue as her personal crusade.  Along with this comes a new report from a group of retired military leaders titled “Too Fat To Fight.”  The report’s authors share their concerns about the large number of American youth who are overweight and out of shape – 75% of 17-24 year-olds are not fit for military service primarily due to health reasons.

Sometimes, fixing a problem comes down to expressing the problem in the right way to get the energy and resources behind a solution.  What better framing could be available to us than obesity as a national security threat?