While there is a great deal of discussion over the role race, ethnicity and gender play in hiring and in the workplace, a new study sheds light on another characteristic that can have a big effect on people's job prospects: weight.
Quartz, a business publication, asked 120 participants in a study to look at photos of four men and four women and to judge their employability. With the help of software, they also came up with heavier versions of each headshot.
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