Interesting story. I wonder if we will one day have to rattle off our BMI like it's our Social Security number?
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, an insurance company has started giving customers another reason to slim down by being one of the first in the nation to offer discounts to customers who keep a low body-mass index.
The program by Phoenix Cos. Inc. offers discounts up to 20 percent on life insurance policies to customers whose BMI is verified by a doctor to be 19 to 25.
BMI is a ratio of body fat that takes height and weight into account. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines obesity as a BMI of 30 or more; people between 25 and 30 are considered overweight.
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The problem with BMI is that it doesn't take into account the difference between muscle and body fat. I remmber when it first cmae out and commentators noted that Mark McGwire would be considered obese by its standards.
I've not been convinced how it's such an improvement over the old height/weight chart.
Yeah, I feel like it's one way to measure things. But you still have to look at the whole picture.
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