For the students at Lincoln University in Pennysylvania, a new requirement has been added for Graduation.
Students who arrive at Lincoln University their first year with a BMI (Body Mass Index) greater than 30 must either lower their BMI or take a "Fitness for Life" class in order to graduate.
The students are already required to pass a "Dimensions of Wellness" course that covers alcohol, drugs, nutrition, and sexual health.
“We know that obesity and its co-morbidities are going to rob individuals of quality and quantity of life,” James DeBoy, chair of the department of health, physical education and recreation, said in an interview with National Public Radio. “What good is it to go through college, get your bachelor’s degree at Lincoln University, go get your graduate degree, work for five, six, seven years, and all of a sudden, you experience a catastrophic health issue associated with the obesity. That would be a tragedy … It’s our professional educators’s responsibility to alert students to this.”
....But is it? What do you think? Should the University be concerned with how low students' BMIs are? Or how high their GPAs are? Maybe you think their new requirement is appropriate especially concerning the growing problem of obesity in the United States.
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