The US Army is using a "fat camp" to help address its most severe recruiting crisis since the end of conscription 50 years ago.

The move is part of an experiment called the Future Soldier Preparatory Course, which has two strands one helping those who failed academically and one helping wouldbe troops to lose weight, the latter having been dubbed "Army fat camp".

There is no shortage of applicants for Army training, but the problem is that just 23% of those aged 17 to 24 were eligible to serve, with others discounted due to their weight or lack of literacy or numeracy.

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