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Rising obesity is not just a pressing global public health problem. According to Susan L. Averett, there is also substantial evidence that obese people are less likely to be employed and, when employed, are likely to earn less. Some evidence shows that lower earnings are a result of discrimination hiring, whereby obese workers are sorted into jobs with less customer contact. There is still some debate over whether these outcomes are directly caused by obesity; however reduced productivity, and higher medical costs, still threaten to become an increasing burden on all taxpayers.
Read about the hidden private cost of obesity and obesity issues in the news:
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