Does your job require you to sit at a desk for long hours behind a computer screen and work to no end? Are there any healthy lunch options available near your work area?
Well, your job could be one of the most important triggers in expanding your waistline especially if there's no regular exercise and healthy eating, Nightline Fix reported. People who work in transportation, manufacturing and repair industry jobs are more likely to be obese, according to results from a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index May 2013 survey.
Obesity, defined as having a body mass index, or BMI, of over 30, tends to be at the lowest level for teachers, business owners and other professionals, with doctors scoring the lowest. According to Nightline Fix, the survey used data collected from January 2012 to September 2012 in analyzing behavioral and emotional factors and was based on phone interviews with more than 139,000 American workers.
Other people in various lines of work were interviewed by Nightline Fix about their work and the struggles of staying healthy while on the job.
Troy Robbins, a 47-year-old trucker, spends up to 14 hours sitting in his truck while driving up to 700 miles a day. With no healthy options around, his dining choices at truck stops range from greasy to greasier. He weighed almost 500 pounds before he started a fitness routine with "Rolling Strong," Nightline Fix reported.
"Rolling Strong" program, which are fitness routines designed around the big rigs, from walking laps around the truck, to doing "stairs" on the truck steps, to doing exercises inside the rig, was designed by fitness guru Bob Perry.
According to Gallup's findings, here is the list of 14 professions ranked in accordance of which profession had the greatest level of obesity:
Transportation: 36.4 percent
Manufacturing or production: 29.9 percent
Installation or repair work: 28.3 percent
Clerical or office work: 26.6 percent
Manager, executive or official: 25.6 percent
Service worker: 25.6 percent
Nurse: 25.2 percent
Fishing, farming or forestry: 24.7 percent
Construction or mining: 24.0 percent
Sales: 23.2 percent
Professional (excluding physicians, nurses and teachers): 22.1 percent
Teacher (K-12): 20.9 percent
Business owner: 20.4 percent
Physician: 14.0 percent
