(Observer Network) According to the Taiwan media United News Network html on November 7, the latest statistics of the "Military Medical Bureau" under the Taiwan Defense Department, the total number of "moderately obese" officers and soldiers with BMI value of (body mass index) exceeding 30 is as high as more than 10,000. The rumors caused Chen Bao, the "Chief of Staff" of the Taiwan Army, to be furious. He once planned to eliminate all officers and soldiers with a BMI value of more than 30, but was urgently stopped by Qiu Guozheng, head of the Taiwan Defense Department.
This incident has attracted the attention of netizens on the island, and many people joked and mocked, "Is there only more than 10,000 people? I'm afraid I'm going to cut off several times." "So physical test is playing counterfeit ball?" "I'm angry again, when isn't angry?" Wang Xinlong, deputy director of the Taiwan Defense Department, responded that the "Chief of Chief of Staff" was a media speculation that it would provide guidance to fat officers and soldiers to lose weight.
Screenshot of Taiwan media reports
The so-called BMI refers to the body mass index (Body Mass Index), referred to as the body mass index. WHO recommends using this index to measure people's obesity, and the calculation formula is divided by weight (kg) by the square of height (meters). If a man and a woman with a height of 1.7 meters weigh more than 87 kg, her BMI will reach 30.1, which is considered "moderate obesity". Taiwan’s Health Agency recommends that adult BMI value should be maintained between 18.5 and 24. Too thin, too heavy or too fat can hinder health.
The latest statistics of the "Military Medical Bureau" under the Taiwan Defense Department show that the number of "moderately obese" officers and soldiers with BMI values of more than 30 in the Taiwan military has reached tens of thousands. Taiwan’s new year’s “Defense Budget” shows that the total number of Taiwan’s military posts is 187,660, which means that about 1 out of every 20 Taiwanese officers and soldiers is moderately obese.
Taiwan media data map
Taiwan media reported that rumors from the outside world caused the Taiwanese military's "Chief of Staff" Chen Bao to be furious. He once planned to include all officers and soldiers with a BMI of more than 30 as elimination targets. However, Qiu Guozheng, head of the Taiwan Defense Department, urgently stopped the plan. He said that the problem of the "fat officers and soldiers" of the Taiwan military must be faced with it, but it must be discussed in the long run.
It is reported that Chen Baoyu, the "Chief of Staff" of the Taiwan Army, has been exercising for many years and has successfully lost weight significantly in the past. When he first took office as the "Army Commander" of Taiwan, he promoted the "Athlete Warrior" program and took the lead in introducing the " physical fitness " training method of the US military, which was practiced by the Taiwan Army's special forces. This training method once replaced the current physical fitness tests of the Taiwan Army: "stand up", "sit ups" and "three thousand meters running". However, due to the hasty consideration, this training method was stopped by the then head of Taiwan's defense department Yan Defa .
Chen Baoyu Source: Chen Baoyu Facebook
However, Chen Baoyu obviously did not give up the promotion of "physical fitness" plan. After he served as the "General Chief of Staff" of the Taiwan Army, he used military supervision units to run-in to promote the improved version of "physical fitness". Taiwan media reported that Taiwan’s “Army Command” opened the Army Infantry School in Fengshan on January 6, and disclosed the exercise science courses improved by the US military’s “physical fitness”. After the Taiwanese officers and soldiers measured and confirmed their physical condition and BMI values through the human body exercise machine evaluation system, they must receive a series of ten physical fitness training including core training, kettlebell squats, squat jumps, etc.
Taiwan Fengshan Army Infantry School Sports Science Course Source: United News Network
Taiwan Army's "medium obese" officers and soldiers have reached tens of thousands. This incident has caused many netizens on the island to tease and mock: "Is there only more than 10,000 people? I'm afraid I'm going to cut off several times."
"Let's try the officers at the school level or above, anyway, there are almost more officers than soldiers, so I will eliminate them by the way."
On the island's online forum PTT, netizens mocked without hesitation: "No surprise, I sweep the floor all day, just wait for dinner."
"Prove that physical tests are all fake balls?"
"I'm angry again, when I'm not angry?"
Wang Xinlong, deputy director of the defense department of Taiwan, responded in an interview on the 7th that the military has mastered this matter, "The health of officers and soldiers is our responsibility." For those officers and soldiers who are too fat, the army will tutor them in weight loss clinics.
As for the rumored "Chief of Staff" Chen Bao was furious and wanted to eliminate officers and soldiers with BMI of over 30 from the army. Wang Xinlong responded, "This is the media's own speculation."He also emphasized that everyone has different physical constitutions, (high BMI) does not mean that there is a physical problem.
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