Amid a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, an insurance company has started giving customers another reason to slim down by being one of the first in the nation to offer discounts to ...

Depending on where you work, your weight could be an important preexisting condition that determines how much you'll have to kick in for health coverage. More and more bosses are tying employees' ...

People who seek medical treatment for obesity or an eating disorder do so with the hope their health plan will pay for part of it. But whether it’s covered often comes down to a measure invented ...

Kentuckians being treated for eating disorders who gain much needed weight in treatment sometimes reach a body mass index threshold that, on paper, makes them seem healthy, triggering the end of ...

Losing weight can help you qualify for lower life insurance quotes, but the specifics vary by insurer Written By Written by Insurance Staff Writer, WSJ | Buy Side Kimberly Lankford is an insurance ...

New Delhi [India], March 25: Applying for health insurance policy and wondering why insurers keep asking about your height and weight? They're calculating your BMI. And that number matters way more ...