Originally published October 27 2005
Employers are biased in favor of slim job applicants
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Personnel Today magazine conducted a survey of 2,000 personnel officers, who overwhelmingly favored slim job seekers over obese applicants, who are perceived as less productive and lacking in self-discipline.
Job-seekers who are overweight find it harder to secure a job than slim people, a survey of personnel officers has claimed.
Most employers preferred to hire someone of "normal" weight, the survey of 2,000 personnel officers found.
Half of those polled by Personnel Today magazine said they believed obesity affected a worker's productivity and a similar number thought overweight people lacked self discipline.
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One in 10 would not want an overweight employee to meet a client and the same percentage believed they could sack a worker for being fat, suggesting "hidden" discrimination.
Karen Dempsey, editor of Personnel Today, said: "To date, obesity has not been given the same recognition as sex, age, disabilities and race discrimination.
"But as our survey shows, overweight workers are being marginalised and given fewer opportunities than their slimmer counterparts.
"A clearer definition of obesity is needed to help businesses understand how obesity truly affects performance in the workplace."
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