Obesity and other eating disorders have become increasingly common in the UK. Vikki Tranter explains how underwriters view these serious conditions
The Government is currently trying to push the message that obesity is a serious threat to the nation's health and is working on strategies to tackle this growing problem. Eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, are also becoming much more widely recognised and publicised as a serious health issue. When a person is obese they weigh 20% or more above the recommended body weight for their age and height. The morbidly obese weigh 60% or more than their ideal body weight. Obesity is measured using the body mass index (BMI) which is a person's weight in kilos divided by...
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