Obesity negatively influences women salary
A new study from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services' Department of Health Policy (GW) showed the salary difference between people of normal weight and those who are obese, especially in women. Person's salary depends on weight.
The scientists examined 2004 and 2008 years in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to identify obesity-attributable salary differences. The GW researchers found out that the connection between obesity and reduced salaries are more significant among females than males. In 2004, salaries among the obese were $8,666 less for females and $4,772 lower for males. In 2008, salaries were $5,826 less for obese females.
In addition, the research shows that the salary also depends on race. In 2004, Hispanic women who were overweight earned $6,618 less than those who were normal weight. In 2008, that difference increased for Hispanic men who were overweight to $8,394 less than normal weight men.
Caucasian women who are overweight had reduced salary in both 2004 and 2008 while Caucasian men- only in 2004.
In both years, salaries for African-American men who were overweight were higher than the normal weight African-American men while for African-American women salaries were equal between those who were overweight and those who were normal weight.
The basis for that research was the results discovered by GW last year which showed that obesity influences each gender. That report was focused on the individualized costs of obesity which outlined the overall, tangible, annual costs of being obese based on a series of measures including indirect costs, including lost productivity, and direct costs, such as obesity-related medical expenditures, to estimate the price tag of obesity at the individual level. On average, those costs are $4,879 for an obese woman and $2,646 for an obese man. The biggest difference among gender was salary, leading them to dive deeper in this focus area.
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