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More than 600,000 Britons 'too fat to work' as obesity crisis engulfs UK
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More than 600,000 Britons 'too fat to work' as obesity crisis engulfs UK
Britain's obesity crisis is keeping more than 600,000 people out of employment, it has been revealed.
Research from the University of York, which examined data from the UK Biobank, found that being obese reduces an individual's likelihood of holding a job by 4.2 percentage points.
This equates to approximately four out of every 100 obese adults being unemployed purely as a consequence of their weight, highlighting…
17 Jul, 06:48
Daily Mail
More than 600,000 Britons 'are too fat to work', study suggests
The scale of the problem is twice as big as previously thought and is likely to have a 'substantial' economic cost for society, researchers say.
16 Jul, 23:25