Weight Loss Programs Rochester NY Ask: Do Thin People Make More Money?
Do thin people make more money? Very simply, they do.
A study reported in the American Journal of Public Health (1) indicates that the healthier you are, the wealthier you will become. They showed that healthier people are more productive at work, earn more, and spend more days in the work force because they don't take as much sick leave.
The study was conducted on 2314 men and 2068 women and taxation register income data. To calculate mean income levels within these educational and occupational groups, a regression analysis was used. The results were amazing. Read on......
The study results indicated that "compared with their normal-weight counterparts, obese women with higher education or in upper white-collar positions had significantly lower income; a smaller income disadvantage was seen in overweight women with secondary education and in manual workers. Excess body weight was not associated with income disadvantages in men."
In a study reported in the Journal of Socio-Economics (2) indicated that overweight women who are self-employed also receive notably lower earnings in customer-oriented occupations. Therefore, suggesting that the pay discrepancy does not come from employer discrimination.
Individuals, families and the economy see huge returns from an investment in health. This is something that deserves everyone's consideration. Exercise and healthy eating improve blood flow to the brain. If you want more money and more success, then the very first steps should be incorporating exercise and a regular diet into your schedule.
Consider this question: What if you ate a very unhealthy lunch or snack while sitting at your desk? What happens next? Did you feel fatigued, lazy about work and uninspired? Most likely you did. But if you ate a healthy lunch and went for a walk afterwards, you would have come back revitalized, rejuvenated, thinking positively, and thinking clearly.
Take a look at these statistics
(1) Fit people earn more money
(2) Fit people get better paying jobs and better jobs
(3) Healthy people experience less stress
(4) People that are fit have a more positive outlook on life
Thus, if you want to get a better job, make more money, have a better outlook on life and experience less stress, you should include an exercise and healthy eating routine into your daily life.
(1) Sirpa Sarlio-Lehteenkorva, PhD, Karri Silventoinen, PhD, and Eero Lahelma, PhD "Relative Weight and Income at Different Levels of Socioeconomic Status", Am J Public Health. 2004 March; 94(3): 468-472
(2) Ronald DeBeaumont "Occupational differences in the wage penalty for obese women" Journal of Socio-Economics: Volume 38, Issue 2, March 2009, Pages 344-349
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