Mon, 23 Apr 2007

Study: Fat workers cost employers more

Move over, smokers, here comes the Fat Brigade! How long before the FDA seeks regulatory authority over portion sizes, on the grounds that doing so would help control health care costs?

Far-fetched? We'll see.

AP - Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers' compensation claims as their fit co-workers.

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On 4/30/2007 15:22:51
Karl Donaldsson wrote

One Happy Fat Guy checking in

On 5/2/2007 07:33:26
Arwin wrote

If you call that living

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