Hobbit
Senior Member
Keep in mind that a lot of insurance companies use the BMI to determine if someone is obese. I hate to be the one to bring bad news but most of us would fall into the obese catagory you all are talking about.
Any BMI over 25 is obese let me illustrate this for you, an example is a person who is 5'10" and weighs 175 puonds is obese, however if you lose 5 pounds you no longer are. This is the major problem with this type of plan. Where do you draw the line.
Also the BMI never takes into account body fat. if you have a person who once again is 5'10" and 200 pounds but is muscular they are still considerd obese. Even if they have a body fat content of less than 12%. This is why this type of program is useless.
Except you're forgetting that this is a business, not a government agency, and they don't have to use cookie cutter tests to determine obesity. Sure, some will, but they'll lose business from the heavy, but not obese crowd to companies that use more meaningful measurements.