Is it possible to be too out of shape to earn a college degree?
Apparently, yes.
Inside Higher Ed posted a very interesting story that noted a number of students at a university in Pennsylvania might not be able to graduate this spring because they are obese.
This is no joke.
The article states that "more than two dozen seniors at Lincoln University, near Oxford, Pa., are in danger of not being able to graduate this spring -- not because they're under disciplinary probation or haven't fulfilled the requirements of their majors, but because they were obese as freshmen."
When these students arrived on campus in the fall of 2006, they had a body mass index (BMI) score above 30, which is the U.S. government's obesity threshold. And the report states none have taken college-sanctioned steps to show they've at least tried to lose weight.
The article states that this group of students is the first graduating class at this historically black institution to be required "to either have a BMI below 30 or to take ‘Fitness for Life,' a one semester class that mixes exercise, nutritional instruction and discussion of the risks of obesity."
The university's student newspaper, the Lincolnian, previously posted this article on the topic.
Posted in Campus_connection on Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:00 am Updated: 1:17 pm. Inside Higher Ed, Lincoln University, Body Mass Index
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