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Piling on the pounds is not only bad for health, but it also can have a negative impact on earning power. Just a 10% increase in body mass index, a measure of weight relative to height, can cut a man's real earnings by 3.3% and a woman's by 1.8%, according to economists.

Research from nine European countries shows the negative influence of weight on wages is stronger in the " oil belt" nations which include Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal. But in the so-called " beer belt" countries of Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium and Finland gaining weight does not have a significant effect on salary.

BMI affects wages negatively in Europe, and the size of this effect is larger for males than for females, according to Giorgio Brunello, an economist at the University of Padova in Italy.

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