Obesity study shows jobs bias

LONDON - Obese women have a harder time finding and keeping a job than slim women, Finnish researchers reported yesterday

LONDON - Obese women have a harder time finding and keeping a job than slim women, Finnish researchers reported yesterday. They said their study showed obese women were more likely to be unemployed.

They also had a lower household income and were more likely to have a low income if they did work.

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