BMI is wrong: Millions of healthy Americans labeled obese who could be charged more for insurance.

"Our study should be the final nail in the coffin for BMI."

Many US companies use employees’ BMI as a factor in determining their health insurance costs. And if a rule proposed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is adopted, people with a BMI higher than 25 (the "healthy" range is 18.5 to 24.99) could find themselves paying higher health insurance premiums.

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