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Overweight Women Tend To Earn Smaller Paychecks, Study Claims
NBC News ^ | October 22, 2014 | Bill Briggs

Posted on 01/27/2015 6:22:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Heavier women are more likely to be lighter in the wallet, reports a new study that says obese females tend to occupy lower-paying, more-strenuous jobs in less-visible corners of the U.S. workforce when compared to average-sized women and men.

In fact, the link between extra pounds and leaner paychecks is distinct: When a woman “becomes overweight,” she already is less likely to land a public-facing role in better-paying white-collar jobs, according to research released Tuesday by Vanderbilt University.

And women who are considered obese or morbidly obese — based on their body mass indexes — are more likely to forced into some of the cheapest-paying, most labor-intensive roles in industries such as home health, food prep and child care, said Jennifer Shinall, the study's author and an assistant professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: economy; obesity; women
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1 posted on 01/27/2015 6:22:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

makes sense.
they obviously need less food

:)
:)
sorry about that, just kidding of course....
:)


2 posted on 01/27/2015 6:24:49 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We don’t pay by the lb, sorry.


3 posted on 01/27/2015 6:25:21 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Eating too much and sitting around on your duff is a choice.


4 posted on 01/27/2015 6:25:27 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

N.S.S!


5 posted on 01/27/2015 6:26:45 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is a clear case of fatchickaphobia.

We need the gubmint to do something.

6 posted on 01/27/2015 6:27:05 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%---unless you're donating blood.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We had a fat woman in the office. She was nice, but she couldn’t climb stairs, she couldn’t go on errands, she couldn’t come in early or leave late, she couldn’t carry anything, she couldn’t stand for more than a few minutes, etc, etc, etc.


7 posted on 01/27/2015 6:27:58 PM PST by Born to Conserve
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To: Sacajaweau

Okay, but let's keep to the subject of women here. LOL

8 posted on 01/27/2015 6:29:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why are fat girls like mopeds?


9 posted on 01/27/2015 6:29:58 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

why do I sense we are soon to be reading an awful, just awful punch-line?


10 posted on 01/27/2015 6:32:43 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nice dress, did you get it at REI ?

11 posted on 01/27/2015 6:32:48 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Born to Conserve
We had a fat woman in the office. She was nice, but she couldn’t climb stairs, she couldn’t go on errands, she couldn’t come in early or leave late, she couldn’t carry anything, she couldn’t stand for more than a few minutes, etc, etc, etc.

How many lunches, birthday parties with cake or office Christmas parties with buffets did she miss?
12 posted on 01/27/2015 6:34:37 PM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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Maybe it has nothing to do with looks but the conditions that led to looks.


13 posted on 01/27/2015 6:34:40 PM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: faithhopecharity

They’re Both Fun To Ride Until Your Friends Find Out.


14 posted on 01/27/2015 6:34:57 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va
Why are fat girls like mopeds?

Fun to ride but you don't want your friends to see you on one.

15 posted on 01/27/2015 6:35:08 PM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: central_va

omar’s tent city


16 posted on 01/27/2015 6:35:49 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My girl she is 59 and a teacher plus works on her farm daily but she has trouble with the weight. She’s on a low carb diet now but she ain’t lazy or sedentary by any means. Needs to find a balance to get her metabolism higher to burn off more cals.


17 posted on 01/27/2015 6:35:52 PM PST by tflabo (Truth or tyranny, dontchyaknow.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
First thing that came to mind was "Nina" from "Office Space"

Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...Corporate accounts payable, Nina, speaking JUST a moment...

18 posted on 01/27/2015 6:36:43 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: ZOOKER

eleven seconds


19 posted on 01/27/2015 6:37:20 PM PST by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: central_va
well, that's pretty awful (could have been worse, tho) thanks I guess, ha! I like humor. Whether you get a scalding rebuke from some nice corpulent lady reader here... we will see.. (i'm betting you will, ha! this could get fun...)
20 posted on 01/27/2015 6:38:15 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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