It was closed by the BRAC Commission in the 1990s and is now the headquarters for the Virginia National Guard. In May 2014 the U.S. Department of State selected Fort Pickett as the site of their Foreign Affairs Security Training Center, which will train 8,000 to 10,000 students a year, many of them diplomats.
Medical problems commonly resulting from untreated morbid obesity include the following: 1  Diabetes. 2  Hypertension. 3  Heart disease. 4  Stroke. Certain cancers, including breast and colon. 5  Depression. Osteoarthritis.
People who have struggled with morbid obesity often have a clarifying moment. Downsize Fitness, the Gym for Overweight Members Only Daniel Gross October 13, 2013. In the male hierarchy of overweightness that runs upward from baby fat to morbid obesity, the paunch is the glorious exception.