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Law Enforcement Is the Fattest Profession, Study Finds

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Law Enforcement Is the Fattest Profession, Study Finds

Along with firefighters and security guards

Police officers, firefighters and security guards have the highest rates of obesity of all professions, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

According to the Journal, 40.7% of police, firefighters and security guards are obese. Other jobs with high obesity rates include clergy, engineers and truckers.

On the other side of the obesity scale is a grouping of economists, scientists and psychologists, with an obesity rate of 14.2%. Other professions with low obesity rates are athletes, actors and reporters.

http://time.com/3637967/police-officers-fattest-profession-study/
http://www.wsj.com/articles/memo-to-staff-time-to-lose-a-few-pounds-1418...