Underweight: How Low Can You Go?
 

Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA Vice President, Research & Development, Optimum Re

When is a low BMI too much? We often hear in passing during presentations on obesity that mortality is a J curve as a function of Body Mass Index (BMI). What does that really mean? We will be looking at the true mortality picture of low BMI as well as some of the red flags that should alert any vigilant underwriter.