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Job Seekers Benefit from Losing Weight
People who are obese or overweight are less likely to find employment because of their image, according to a cosmetic company.
Robert Houtman, managing director of National Slimming Clinics, said that there is plenty of evidence to support his claim that people are denied employment opportunities because of their size.
He said: Countless studies have shown that obese people are discriminated against in the job market despite their qualifications but still, with unemployment going through the...
Obese People are Victimised
Obese people are more likely to receive public criticism because of their size and weight, according to a study.
An investigation by Slimming World and YouGov revealed that nearly one in three morbidly obese people said that they have received condemnation by a complete stranger due to their appearance.
Furthermore, over half of obese people surveyed said that they thought victimisation of the overweight is more prevalent than ever before as recent reports stated that a London woman was...
Slim People Enjoy Better Sex
Overweight women are not enjoying their love lives because they are too worried about their body image.
A survey by Cosmopolitan magazine revealed that 73 per cent of women are not confident in the bedroom due to concerns about love handles and wobbly thighs.
Men might also be compelled to lose weight because the survey also discovered that women were turned off by man breasts and beer bellies.
Sex expert and life coach Pam Spurr told the Daily Mail: Women take their body image to heart....
Obesity Dangers Highlighted by Doctors
The dangers of being overweight have been explained by a team of doctors after internal images of an obese woman were released.
The Daily Mail published an image of a women weighing over 17 stone, which was taken by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRIRI) scanner in order to expose the effects of obesity in graphic detail.
Professor Jimmy Bell from Imperial College, London, orthopaedic surgeon Mike Hayton and consultant radiologist Waqar Bhatti, both of Alexandra Hospital, Manchester was on...
Encourage Greater Employee Fitness to Save Money
Britain's businesses can save billions of pounds by improving the health and wellbeing of their employees.
Research by Bupa revealed that UK businesses are losing nearly £3 billion every year through poor employee health and this cost can be dramatically reduced if workers are encouraged to enhance their wellbeing.
The private health provider discovered that employee health factors, such as whether they smoked cigarettes, drank alcohol regularly or were obese, had a significant impact on...
Lose Weight and Improve Your Parenting
If you are a parent of young children, you will know how exhausting it can be looking after kids and this is especially true when you are overweight.
People who are overweight are more likely to be depressed and this will translate to their children and affect the bond between them as an unhappy parent often results in an unhappy child.
Parents with newborn children can find it difficult to form a bond with their son or daughter if they are deeply depressed as they will be focusing too much...
More Men Into Losing Weight
New research has revealed that it is not just women who are concerned with body image and diets.
Slimming World and YouGov discovered that 67 per cent of men are unhappy with their size and this may be linked to government statistics which show that there are currently over 19 million overweight or obese men in Britain.
The study found that there were numerous reasons why men might suffer from doubts about their physique as 25 per cent has received negative comments about their weight from a...
Gas Fitter Lacked Appropriate Training
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted a gas fitter for undertaking illegal work which could have had fatal consequences.
Chris Bradshaw of Tywyn was fined in excess of £50,000 by Pwllheli Magistrates Court after he pleaded guilty to a breach of Section 22 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 and 14 breaches of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1988.
Mr Bradshaw was investigated by the HSE after a complaint was made about his installation of a...
Fine for Illegal Gas Worker
A gas-installer was prosecuted after an investigation into his work revealed that he had poisoned an elderly couple.
Dermot Healy was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for carrying out gas work while not being Corgi registered and for not holding Competence Certificates which are needed for specific types of gas work.
Mr Healy performed work despite not having passed the necessary gas training courses or commercial gas courses which would have allowed him to do so.
An...
Unqualified Gas Fitters Put Lives at Risk
Homeowners need to check that tradesmen have completed the appropriate gas training courses before letting them carry out gas work, advises the Gas Safe Register.
Research by the organisation revealed that illegal gas fitters, who have not completed the necessary accredited gas training courses or commercial gas courses, do 250,000 jobs in British homes each year.
Gas Safe Register's Regional Investigation Officer for Scotland Keith McKinlay said that engineers who carry out gas work may not...
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