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Bloated in Baghdad CAMP STRYKER, Iraq - The first warning that many U.S. troops receive here in Baghdad isn't about the rampant IEDs (improvised explosive devices), or the RPGs (rocket propelled grenades), or even the EFPs (explosively formed projectiles). It's about the PCPs: the pervasive combat paunches. As I wait for my C-130 flight from Kuwait to western Baghdad, a soldier tells me about a PowerPoint slide that's becoming popular in Army briefings: "Back in 2003, the average soldier lost 15 pounds during his tour of Iraq," he recounts. "Now, he gains 10."

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CAMP STRYKER, Iraq - The first warning that many U.S. troops receive here in Baghdad isn't about the rampant IEDs (improvised explosive devices), or the RPGs (rocket propelled grenades), or even the EFPs (explosively formed projectiles). It's about the PCPs: the pervasive combat paunches.

As I wait for my C-130 flight from Kuwait to western Baghdad, a soldier tells me about a PowerPoint slide that's becoming popular in Army briefings: "Back in 2003, the average soldier lost 15 pounds during his tour of Iraq," he recounts. "Now, he gains 10."