Study: Fat Workers Cost Employers More

(AP) -- Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers' compensation claims as their fit co-workers.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news96566836.html">Study: Fat Workers Cost Employers More</a></p> <p>(AP) -- Overweight workers cost their bosses more in injury claims than their lean colleagues, suggests a study that found the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers' compensation claims as their fit co-workers.</p>