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Overweight Soldiers Go Online

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The Army reported yesterday on its efforts to launch an online weight loss program. Lt. Col. Danny Jaghab, who created the Web site that hosts the program, says it has been "hugely succesful," receiving more hits than almost any other page on the Army Knowledge Online portal. I'm not sure that intense interest among soldiers in a weight loss program is something the service should be bragging too much about.

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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