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IT Workers Are Getting Fatter

Posted by kdawson on from the wide-boys dept.

buzzardsbay writes "While technologies such as virtualization, multi-threading, and blade servers have made the data center leaner, those who work there are getting... well... not leaner. According to a new study by CareerBuilder.com, 34 percent of IT workers say they have gained more than ten pounds in their current jobs. And 16 percent say they've gained at least twice that. The culprits seem to be the stressful-yet-sedentary nature of tech work coupled with our famously poor eating habits. According to the survey, some 41 percent of IT workers eat out for lunch twice or more per week, making portion and calorie control difficult. Eleven percent buy their lunch out of a vending machine at least once a week."

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  2. Re:Maybe if they went vegan they wouldn't be so fa by cjb658 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Guess that would make Linux a bodybuilder. He can eat whatever he wants and still kick both Mac and PCs asses.

  3. Re:Not just IT workers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    From TFA:

     

    ... IT workers [in the United States] can take heart in another CareerBuilder finding: They are less chubby than financial services and government workers. Fifty-three percent of financial workers said they have gained weight at their current jobs, while the number for government workers is 52 percent.


    I guess if you're a sysadmin for the Internal Revenue Service then you're really screwed. Carearbuilder.. Mayby is should be fat ass builder. They are saying.. We can get you a job so you can get fatter? WTF? Im 165 and have been in IT for 15years. No problems here.