http://www.AlumniUnit.com News & Happenings for HBCU Alumni & Friends...The Nation's Largest Consortium of HBCU Alumni Social Networks & Blog Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:12:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/hbcu-forces-overweight-students-to-lose-weight-to-graduate/ http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/hbcu-forces-overweight-students-to-lose-weight-to-graduate/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:30:02 +0000 Associated Press http://AlumniUnit.com/?p=3972 A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts. Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community. “We know we’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic,” said James L. DeBoy, chairman of Li... Read more...]]> http://www.AlumniUnit.com/2009/11/30/hbcu-forces-overweight-students-to-lose-weight-to-graduate/feed/ 2