On Monday, CNN ran a story on its website about a college in Pennsylvania that requires students with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher to take a fitness course.

Students who are assigned to the class but don’t finish it — don’t graduate.

The students at Lincoln University knew about this requirement going in. The school approved the policy starting with students who entered the university in 2006.

Obesity is an epidemic in the United States. There’s no question about that. Last year alone, spending to treat the health consequences of obesity topped $86 billion, and predictions are that the…

Now that bikini season is here, plenty of women are beginning strict dieting to shed just a few extra pounds. That excess weight women so desperately want to lose might not fit into the standard set by celebrities and models, but it might help you live a longer life.

According to the New York Times, a new study says that people with excess weight, but not obese, may live longer lives.

“Overweight may not be the problem we thought it was,” said Dr. David H. Feeny, a senior investigator at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., and one of…