Men with "tummy" earn more
Last reviewed: 28.11.2021
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In New Zealand, a group of scientists conducted an interesting study in which an interesting feature was revealed - plump men usually earn more men, whose weight is within or below the norm. In this case, women all the way around - as statistics show, in full women wages are much lower than those of skinny girls.
According to New Zealand scientists, women overweight threatens not only with health problems, but also with financial problems. With obesity, women are prone to depression, they are more likely to find dissatisfaction with their own lives than those of the more thin representatives of the fair sex. According to research scientists, women with excess weight received $ 40 less than slender colleagues in the office.
Meanwhile, in men the opposite situation is observed - men with excess weight receive $ 100 more, in comparison with lean peers.
Previously, scientists believed that obesity has a close relationship with meager mental health, the general prosperity in life, but it turned out that this is peculiar only for the beautiful half of humanity. Studies have shown that overweight women are more prone to depressive disorders than men, they often suffer from low self-esteem, are not satisfied with the quality of their own lives.
The study involved more than a thousand people aged 30 - 35 years.
Also in another study of an international group of scientists from New Zealand and Sweden it was found that between the year of the birth of the sisters and the index of their bodies there is a relationship, it turned out that girls who were born first in the family are more likely to suffer from obesity than younger sisters.
The study involved girls born between 1991 and 2009, a total of 13,000 sisters from different families. To determine the most correct index of body mass index, scientists chose a 25-year-old age. As a result, it was found that 30% of the girls who were born first in the family, the body mass index was significantly above the norm. Based on these data, the scientists suggested that those girls who were born first in the family are subject to obesity.
According to obstetrician-gynecologists, this feature among girls can be associated with certain changes in the body of women of childbearing age, which can influence the subsequent development of the child. According to experts, during the first child's birth, the mother's body supplies him with fewer nutrients, which is why the body in the future compensates for the shortage of intrauterine deficit due to the accumulation of extra pounds.
According to British experts, the cause of female obesity, which has become a problem in recent years, is the reduction in the amount of homework. Now, with the advent of high-tech devices, women are doing less physical effort, and this leads to the accumulation of fat in the body. Scientists suggest that in the future the weight of women can increase even more.
Over the past few decades, women have become much less housework, but at the same time, a strong half of humanity has become more involved in housework, compared to the past.