Fat Chance: Obesity in the Workplace

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The more people weigh, the less they're worth at work.

Workers who are heavier are paid an average of $1.25 less per hour, and overweight women make about 24 percent less than their thinner counterparts.

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Fat Chance: Obesity in the Workplace

But overweight employees also cost their companies more. The Conference Board says that obese employees cost companies about $45 billion annually because of higher health care premiums and absenteeism.

And there r...

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