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Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Study finds obesity takes an economic toll on workers, firms / Hefty employees use more sick days, are paid less and passed over for promotions

Study finds obesity takes an economic toll on workers, firms / Hefty employees use more sick days, are paid less and passed over for promotions
By Victoria Colliver
Obese employees lost many more workdays and filed twice as many workers' compensation claims, and those cases cost nearly seven times as much as those filed by their slimmer counterparts, according to a report released Monday.

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