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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://nerve.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>New Mom Dropped By Insurer For Being Slightly Overweight</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/05/14/new-mom-dropped-by-insurer-for-being-slightly-overweight.aspx</link><description>The insurance company worried that it would have to take care of children like the ones picture above, based on no evidence other than the mother they were carrying tipped the scales at over 200 pounds. Anna Holten is a 26-year-old Swedish woman. She</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>re: New Mom Dropped By Insurer For Being Slightly Overweight</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/05/14/new-mom-dropped-by-insurer-for-being-slightly-overweight.aspx#205367</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 04:43:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:205367</guid><dc:creator>Brian Fairbanks</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks, J. We knew that, we just didn't want to go there, out of courtesy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=205367" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: New Mom Dropped By Insurer For Being Slightly Overweight</title><link>http://nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2009/05/14/new-mom-dropped-by-insurer-for-being-slightly-overweight.aspx#205334</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:43:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">bd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:205334</guid><dc:creator>J. Beaman</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Are you kidding me? &amp;nbsp;5'4&amp;quot; 220lbs is seriously obese. &amp;nbsp;I'm 6'1&amp;quot; 220lbs and I'm slightly overweight.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And how do different states decide what overweight is? &amp;nbsp;And, overweight is a BMI of 25 - obese is over 30. &amp;nbsp;35 is hella fat.&lt;/p&gt;
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