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.
Women with morbid obesity tend to also have other conditions, from diabetes and high blood pressure to asthma and sleep apnea. Other theories involve the immune system and hormones. Overall, the risk of unexplained full-term stillbirth is about 1 in 2,000; in morbidly obese women itâs more like 1 in 600.