Your job shapes you

Folks, mind your working habits. For, they may be making you put on those unwanted extra kilos.

In a recent study, conducted on working people (7,000 women and 2,000 men), aged between 40 and 60 years, it was found that there is strong relation between one’s working conditions and weight gain.
One fourth of the women and 19 per cent of the men reported that they had gained weight during the previous year. The study, published in International Journal of Obesity, revealed some risk groups, where weight gain was more common than in other groups. Especially, work fatigue was strongly associated with weight gain.

Those who report work fatigue, feel totally wornout after a day at work. They also feel tired in the morning, and when they have to get up and go to work. They report that their work is definitely too stressful, and they worry about their work even when they are off duty.

Among women, dissatisfaction in combining paid work and family life was associated with weight gain. Among men, this association was weaker, although the pattern was similar to that for women.

It was found that men, satisfied in combining paid work and family life, were more likely to have gained weight as compared to other men who were fully satisfied with it. Furthermore, job demands were associated with weight gain. As men with higher job expectations were more likely to have gained weight than men with low expectations at the work place. — ANI