Good for the University. This should be a requirement for workplaces and all schools. We are in the midst of an epidemic that is costing the country many dollars.

Barbara, your comment is just ignorant; you must be one of the lucky people who have never had to struggle to control their weight. Are you saying that fat people should not have the opportunity to get an education of earn a living?

To Lincoln University, my question is this, what if a student has a medical condition that stops them from losing weight? Is the school providing medical coverage and evaluations to these students? Kids do stupid and unhealthy things to lose weight and this just gives them another reason to be self destructive. Or, what about that young single mother that is working every day to put herself through school and has no time to exercise. I have seen numerous cases where students are barely making it through college and don't need this added pressure.

There should be some program to teach students to be healthy and fit but to stop them from graduating is just wrong. Losing weight is not like a test you can study for. It is not easy to do. Further, a persons weight is not an indication of the education they have recieved. I would be devastated if I worked through 4 years of school and paid 4 years of tuition and couldn't graduate because of my weight.