Body Fat Makes You a Target of Incivility at Work

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October 12, 2015 Body Fat Makes You a Target of Incivility at Work The more body fat an employee carries, the greater the chances he or she will experience discourteous workplace behaviors such as interrupting, failing to return greetings, and not refilling printer paper, according to a team led by Katherine A. Sliter of Bowling Green State University. For example, in one study, overweight people reported higher levels of such forms of incivility than their healthy-weight peers (2.48 versus 1.53 on a 1-to-5 scale). Obesity may be “one of the last legally and socially acceptable” targets of workplace discrimination, the researchers say. SOURCE: Employee Adiposity and Incivility: Establishing a Link and Identifying Demographic Moderators and Negative Consequences