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. 1980 Sep;70(9):1006–1009. doi: 10.2105/ajph.70.9.1006

Health, obesity, and earnings.

R A McLean, M Moon
PMCID: PMC1619503  PMID: 7406084

Abstract

Published reports and economic theory suggest that a worker's earnings may be affected by his degree of obesity. The purpose of this research was to estimate the size of such an effect. The earnings-obesity hypothesis was tested with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Men. Results of the test suggest that, for members of that sample, there is no earnings-depressant effect due to obesity.

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