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BMI is wrong: Millions of healthy Americans labeled obese who could be charged more for insurance.
February 5, 2016 /
"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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