Work stress found to promote obesity

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, stress experienced at work dramaticaly increases risk of obesity in general and central obesity in particular.

A research team at  Royal Free and University College London Medical School monitored 3,413 women and 6,895 men for 19 years. Subjects were questioned several times about their levels of job strain, which was defined as having little decision-making power, heavy demands and pour social support at work. at the beginning of the study all participants were between the ages of 35 and 55.

Regardless of sex, subjects who reported job strain on one occasion were 17 percent more prone to develop general or central obesity than those with no complaints. People who reported stress on two occasions were 24 percent more likely to become obese and 41 percent more likely to develop central obesity. Those who reported job strain on three or more occasions had a 73 percent higher chance of developing obesity and a 61 percent higher chance of developing central obesity. read more about