BMI may cost you higher insurance premiums
With his Popeye forearms and washboard abs, Thomas Lacombe looks a picture of health.
Yet a tool widely used by government agencies, weight loss companies and insurers for gauging healthy weight suggests Mr Lacombe, a personal trainer and model, is fat.
“I’m not in the healthy weight bracket,” he said. “I’m literally overweight.”
Thomas Lacombe, a personal trainer and former model, has a BMI of 27.2, which puts him in the overweight range. Photo: Janie Barrett