You might expect that being a chef puts you at the highest risk of putting on weight, but you’d be wrong.
New research has found that working as a teacher or as an engineer puts you at greater risk of being
overweight.
The poll also found that being a factory worker or a scientist made you less likely to be obese.
The survey, carried out by job search company CareerBuilder, polled nearly 3,700 workers.
It found that found that 55 per cent of employees considered themselves overweight.
It also discovered that 41 per cent gained weight as a result of their current job and of those, 59 per cent
gained more than 10 pounds.
Just under a third gained more than 20 pounds.
But earning a living didn’t always mean gaining weight: 16 per cent of all workers said they had lost
weight while at their current job.
The poll found that those who had put on weight had done so because of they were exposed to high levels
of stress and spent long hours behind a desk.
I-Word Understanding
Greater risk ? higher danger
Overweight ? excessive weight
Job search ? job hunting
II-Have your say
1. Weight Gain on Night Shifts
Night shift workers are heavier than day shift workers. Night shift workers face a triad of weight gain
factors
Dependent on vending machines
Take-Out restaurants
Lack of natural sleep
2. Foods that can trigger the blood sugar to spike
White potatoes
White bread
White rice
White pasta
3. Here are the types of job that make people skinny
Scientist
Software Engineer
Receptionist
