Study: Fat Workers Cost Employers More
April 23, 2007 By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
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. (AP GRAPHIC)
(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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