Comments on: When Fat Is No Longer Free http://knowledgetoday.wharton.upenn.edu/2011/04/when-fat-is-no-longer-free/ Knowledge@Wharton's Daily News Update Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Christina Berg http://knowledgetoday.wharton.upenn.edu/2011/04/when-fat-is-no-longer-free/#comment-64 Christina Berg Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:22:00 +0000 http://kw.wharton.upenn.edu/today/?p=775#comment-64 The BMI is an outdated feature as it does not consider muscle weight v. fat, also genetic factors exist and a $50 fee would prompt folks with a high weight to just pay a fee and not bother losing weight, charging someone with 33 bmi and then 50 bmi the same fee.

I note the obama health care act, however I do not what range employers would use, the BMI is not the method to use, lance Armstrong probably has a high BMI.

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