Being Obese May Make Job Search Tougher, University of Hawaii Study

It was the small square photo clipped to an applicant’s resume that most influenced whether a woman would be hired. But there was a hidden catch: The pictures showed the same six women both before and after weight-loss surgery. The end result: The “employers” in the study rated these six women more poorly when their photos were taken when they were obese.

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