{"id":2468,"date":"2009-12-03T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/the-f-a-t-as-a-graduation-requirement.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:02:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:02:15","slug":"the-f-a-t-as-a-graduation-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2468","title":{"rendered":"The F.A.T. as a Graduation Requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div>The people at Lincoln University are preventing obese people from graduating, unless they take some Tae Bo or water aerobics class. But BMI is only ONE MARKER for being unhealthy. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>What about smoking, what about a LOW BMI??, what about blood markers that indicate that you&#8217;ve been spending WAY too much time with nasty, unhealthy foods? These should be included too, in a Fitness Aptitude Test that all students &#8212; ALL students should pass in order to graduate. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><object width=\"320\" height=\"266\" id=\"BLOG_video-920c6c8bf91434d8\" class codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/get_player\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"flvurl=http:\/\/redirector.googlevideo.com\/videoplayback?id%3D920c6c8bf91434d8%26itag%3D5%26source%3Dblogger%26app%3Dblogger%26cmo%3Dsensitive_content%253Dyes%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1473154762%26sparams%3Did,itag,source,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D36B30F18ABA01EECA632C37786E3F0A7DF365FB3.74EB78C334D1D3D67F87F7BEC723AACE5BA6CED4%26key%3Dck2&amp;iurl=http:\/\/video.google.com\/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D920c6c8bf91434d8%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DE07cS6dPtpBWQgnTLQTlabshUdw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger\"><\/object><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><br \/><!-- AddThis Button END --><br \/>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The people at Lincoln University are preventing obese people from graduating, unless they take some Tae Bo or water aerobics class. 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