Too fat to graduate college?

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

Some self rightious skinny beach thought that one up. A fat person with a 4.0 can't graduate but some Ali Mcbeal anorexic with a 2.0 gets the diploma.

If they tried that at an engineering school , major campus facilities like sewer , water and heating would suddenly start to have all kinds of failure issues. Its a bad idea to get the smart fat kids angry!!

OH BTW , I put in my height and weight from when I was on my college wrestling team and it says a 190 pound wrestler over 6 feet tall is within 4 % of being classified obese. YEAH RIGHT!! Something wrong with that BMI calculation..

Did you read the article? People with a BMI over 30 just have to take the class *sometime during their college career*. There doesn't appear to be any mandate of "you have to be skinny enough in order to graduate". They want people to get the healthy education and then make the choice for themselves.

You're right that the BMI calculation isn't the best gauge. As mentioned in the article, to rectify a situation where someone has a lot of muscle but calculates a BMI over 30, a waist measurement is taken as well.

They really should do is a Body Composition Test. I get them done at my gym every couple of months. Two electrodes on your foot, two on your hand and you get a read out of your % muscle and % fat, accurate to within something like .5%. My last measurement was 4.2%.

This is an invaluable tool for people trying to put on mass. Lets you know exactly how much muscle you're gaining and when you should go into a cutting phase.