This article is terrible. Correlation does not necessarily imply causation. What a laugh.

Fat women are disgusting. That’s why they make less money. No matter how much they do their hair and makeup and try to be fashionable, they still look like slobs.

Holy cow! Most of you folks can’t stay on topic. Making money is like everything else – if you are willing to do what no one else will – you will do fine. The secret to losing weight is simple – eat less and move more. The secret to making more money is to never be satisfied with the current income – keep looking for ways to meet your goals – which leads to the BIGGEST point – have goals.

It is very simple, fat guys have money, often these guys hire thin chicks hoping they can do them, often these chicks are easy and willing to do what it takes to earn more, often the result is higher income.
As for the fat guys, they’re already in a position making good money that made them fat.
Also, if you’re not smart enough, you should be at least good looking… they do pay for it too.

Yea, the fat man above the glass sometimes falls and shatters it. The skinny women slip throught the cracks. Success!!

I think it’s their bust sizes (not joking about the “skniny women/breast-enlargeement surgery” phenomenon).

I think the “study” confuses causes and effect. In the case of women, being thin is an obvious advantage since thin women are considered good looking generally, and good looking women are valued (unfairly or not) in the marketplace. So in the case of women, thin-ness is a CAUSE of higher income.

In the case of men, higher income jobs, e.g., management, tend to be more sedentary (as opposed to manual labor), and also, higher pay goes with experience, and “experience” is associated with greater age, which in turn is associated with greater physical weight. So of course in the case of males, there would be an association with higher income, and higher weight. This would be an EFFECT.

Any decent scientist or statistician would have statistically corrected for such variables, or at least attempted to, but it appears that the authors of this study are pure hacks that have taken the data and trumpeted it without thinking it through.

Men get larger as they get older. It makes sense that as they increase their work experience (get older) they would make more. That does not surprise me at all.

The women on the other hand is a different issue. Perhaps it’s because society is much more strict about a woman’s looks. So, the same type of mindset that is a “go getter” in the business world also sees being overweight as unacceptable… and has the motivation and discipline to do something about it. But that is just a guess.

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If a heavy man isn’t making enough money… he will lose weight. If a skinny man gets a raise, he can eat more. Looks like this story is confused about what is the cause and what is the effect.

I’m fat and I’m styling. God Bless America. It would silly to think that all people living in a prosperous country would be skinny and perfect all the time.
Everybody lets go get some ice cream !

in reviewing the comments given – we are all to quick to cut people down, rather than discuss an issue.
there is bias in almost everything when we let ourselves run rampant with smart remarks and criticisms instead of put our heads together to come up with some sort of solution or at least a step in the right direction.

women should definitely stay thin…

Another concern: don’t fat people affect climate change? More CO2, more methane and other toxic gases. Since most of them live in DC, it’s possible that their combined weight is shifting the planetary orbit.

Rep. Hank Johnson already warned us that the island of Guam could tip over and capsize if too many people live on one side. This could happen here. Since the O-admin is taking over just about everything, i’d like to offer a new govt initiative – force all fat people to move to Kansas so the US doesn’t tip over and capsize.

It has to do with sex. Thin women are attractive and that is given a premium. Low-end fast food restaurants are staffed mostly by heavier women than higher-end restaurants. This is just one example. As far as men are concerned, the heavier men are probably considered less threatening when competing for the attractive women. These kind of hiring practices may be done unconsciously.

At least, finally, it’s clear why I have been so successful! Signed, Man

An interesting corollary for men would be the heavier you are the more successful a leader; a perfect example being the governor of New Jersey versus the incompetent failure leading our country…

This can be explained pretty easily. Thin women have high testosterone. Testosterone is the sex drive/aggression hormone. Basically, they’re dudes with breasts, etc…

Big men are intimidating to smaller men and they have probably always been big. So they are not only intimidating but they are used to getting their way. Both these factors lead to them getting what they want.

I downloaded the Journal article. They controlled for factors such as height, age, children etc. The relationship itself looks legit. Causal? Maybe, maybe not. But the relationship is definitely there

Heavier men ask for raises and other things they want.

Hank, which one is you?

Skinny is attractive? Seriously? A fat, rich man making a baby with an attractive woman is an average looking baby girl.

Oprah?

Perhaps men who don’t spend as much time keeping super fit but are not obese make more because they are working a lot instead of exercising all the time.

I’d be willing to bet attractive women tend to get a lot more help and attention and hence more opportunities. Also remember that rich men almost always marry attractive women, thereby having more attractive baby girls, and when they grow up they will have more opportunities because of the financial resources available to them.