As several others pointed out, one absolutely can be in good health with a BMI greater than the arbitrary cutoff.
Arbitrary cutoff, is right. It used to be that normal BP was 100 plus your age (top number, of course). Then they saying saying 140, and now they're talking 120. But a growing number of doctors are starting to point out that it's ludicrous to expect an older person with relatively inelastic veins to have the same blood pressure as a young person. But since there's money to be made medicating the populace, don't expect the status quo to change any time soon.
It appears to be a lucrative issue for medical providers, with exactly the opposite result for drivers forced to quit driving.
Precisely. I don't remember if it was in an EO forum, but I read of an OTR driver who had to renew his physical while away. The doctor started asking his codriver if he snored, how he slept, etc. The doctor had to be admonished that he couldn't quiz one patient about another due to privacy concerns.
The driver who was telling this was eventually told he needed a sleep study and follow up visits with the doctor examining him at the time. He said, "I live 1000 miles away from here. Pass or fail, I'll never be back here again." Once the doctor realized there was no money to be made, he passed the driver, sent him away with a 2-year card.
