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.
Symptoms of Polyps, Tumors, and Malabsorptive Diseases in the Small Bowel. Patients with small bowel polyps or tumors can have no symptoms, although patients with malabsorptive diseases often have symptoms of weight loss or diarrhea. When symptoms do occur they can include: Bleeding; Anemia (not enough healthy red blood cells to get oxygen through the body, making you feel weak and cold) Diarrhea; Abdominal pain