Table 4. Associations Between Employment Characteristics and Obesity Among Employed U.S. Adults^*—National Health Interview Survey, 2010 (n = 13,335).

	Being Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)†
Employment Characteristic	Adjusted Odds Ratio‡	95% Confidence Interval
No. of employees
1–24	Reference
25–99	0.96	0.83–1.11
100–499	1.19§	1.02–1.39
≥500	1.08	0.92–1.27
Hours worked during the last week
< 30 h/wk	Reference
30 to <40 h/wk	0.96	0.78–1.16
40 h/wk	1.06	0.88–1.27
>40 to 50 h/wk	1.20	0.96–1.49
>50 h/wk	1.32§	1.05–1.65
Paid by the hour
Yes	1.10	0.97–1.24
No	Reference
Paid sick leave
Yes	1.04	0.90–1.19
No	Reference
Health insurance offered at workplace
Yes	1.14	0.97–1.33
No	Reference

^*Employment was defined as having worked at a job during the previous week. BMI indicates body mass index.

^†Reference group was normal-weight (BMI, 18.5 to <25 kg/m²) employed adults.

^‡Controlled for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, family income, fruit and vegetable intake, leisure-time physical activity, smoking, and occupations.

^§Confidence intervals for bolded odds ratios did not include 1.