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Friday, December 19th, 2014

Time to lay off the doughnuts! Study reveals cops are the most obese workers in America

Author:     Tim Macfarlan
Source:     Mail (U.K.)
Publication Date:     07:36 EST, 17 December 2014
Link: Time to lay off the doughnuts! Study reveals cops are the most obese workers in America
Stephan:   Obesity is -- pun intended -- an enormous problem in the U.S. But I did not not know that fat cops, firefighters, and security guards weigh in as the worst job categories for this problem. But here is the study that makes this point.

Fat by job categoryTheir job is to protect and serve – but it seems some police officers interpret this as an excuse to enjoy too many extra servings at the lunch table.

A study has revealed US cops have the highest rates of obesity among any profession in the country.

Along with firefighters and security guards, nearly 41 per cent of boys in blue are obese, according to a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Social workers, clergy and counsellors come in second, with 35.6 per cent having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more – the standard definition of obese used by the study.

Home health aides and massage therapists are third at 34.8 per cent.

Surprisingly sedentary professions such as truckers, bus drivers and crane operators, come in only fifth in a group with garbage collectors on nearly 32.8 per cent.

The slimmest workers are economists, scientists and psychologists, of whom 14.2 per cent are classed as obese.

Police officers, firefighters and security guards could do with taking it easy on […]

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