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.
Heavily influenced by its Greek and Latin roots, morbid means relating to disease, causing disease or afflicted with disease. According to MayoClinic.com, morbid obesity is the type of obesity in which illnesses and diseases can occur due to extreme weight gain.reek Roots. The Online Etymological Dictionary also connects the Greek word marasmus (which means consumption) to the word morbid, as consumption was a popular 18th century term for the sickness currently known as tuberculosis.