More than 600,000 Britons 'too fat to work' as obesity crisis engulfs UK

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More than 600,000 Britons 'too fat to work' as obesity crisis engulfs UK.

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Britain's obesity crisis is keeping more than 600,000 people out of employment, it has been revealed.Research from the University of York, which examined data from the UK Biobank, found that being obese reduces an individual's likelihood of holding a job by 4.2 percentage points.

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This equates to approximately four out of every 100 obese adults being unemployed purely as a consequence of their weight, highlighting the significant economic toll of the nation's problem.With official figures showing 15 million British adults classified as obese, experts have cautioned about the "substantial economic losses" resulting from weight-related barriers to daily activity that are forcing people out of the workforce.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The researchers analysed information from 284,258 UK Biobank participants, assessing body mass index alongside weight-to-height and waist-to-hip measurements.Among those studied, the overall employment rate stood at 75.5 per cent, with roughly...

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