College's Too Fat to Graduate rule under fire.

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I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that Lincoln is a historically black university, and correlated the requirement to the crazy levels of diabetes and kidney disease among african-americans

I think EVERYONE regardless of BMI should have to take a health class to graduate anywhere. Diabetes and kidney disease levels might be at dangerous levels in the black, hispanic, and native american population, but statistics among whites aren't all the great, either. A big part of the health class should focus on good eating habits. But maybe Coke and Pepsi have a clause in their contracts with all these schools that no one will mention how bad their products are for you, who knows?

Part of the same requirement for everyone should be a solid education on sexual health as well, considering the insane STD and unwanted preganancy levels among all young people, but that's another battle and another discussion. At Penn State after I left, I think the choice was health ed OR sex ed - why the choice? Why not incorporate both?

(I'm also all for a swimming requirement, too, thinking back on a non-swimming acquantance who drowned up at Penn State my senior year in a situation which would not have killed a swimmer, but again - that's another discussion)