You gained weight because of overwork? It turns out this is the cause
May 19, 2025
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A survey showed that overwork affected weight gain. Seven out of 10 office workers have gained weight as they start working, the survey showed.
On the 19th, 365mc, a medical institution specializing in liposuction, announced the results of a survey of 366 customers for liposuction and Rams procedures.
The questionnaire was conducted under the theme of 「Relationship between work and weight gain」 and was conducted for two days from the 21st to the 22nd of last month.
As a result of the survey, there was often a question about whether you ever thought your work was overworked50.5% (185 people), ' was frequentIt was 22.1% (81 people), and more than 7 out of 10 respondents said they had experienced overwork during their work lives.
Most of the respondents (83.5%, 222) who experienced overwork also experienced changes in eating habits. 'The pace of eating has increased' was the most common with 48% (106 people, multiple responses), followed by △ eating late, 47.1% (104 people) △ eating increased. 46.4% (103 people) △ eating more high-calorie foods, followed by 44.1% (98 people).
Accordingly, the majority of respondents gained weight. 74.3% (272 people) of all respondents said they had gained weight, while 27.0% (99 people) said they had gained 'significant weight'. Specifically, the increase in 4~6kg was the highest at 34.2% (93 people), followed by 1~3kg at 32% (87 people). In particular, the increase of more than 10kg was 18.8% (51).
Contrary to the conventional wisdom that weight will be lost due to a lot of workload and stress, the fact that overwork makes you gain weight comes as an unexpected result. This, coupled with changes in eating habits such as high-calorie food such as delivery food, also increased the cost of 'firing', which refers to expenses that would not have been spent without stress. In other words, both health and money have been lost.
As the reason why overwork contributed to weight gain, binge eating due to △ stress was the highest at 75.7% (206 people, multiple responses). After that, △ 49.3% (134) of bad eating habits, such as late-night snacks due to late return, △ 48.2% (131) of adverse effects on sleep time and quality △ 45.4% (123 people) of lack of exercise time.
`The past is associated with the number of cases that can lead to obesity, such as late dinner, lack of sleep, binge eating, etc. if you can't reduce your working hours, get up from your seat once an hour and stretch your neck, shoulders, and waist to help blood circulation reduce fat accumulation,' said Yong, head of the representative hospital located in Seoul 365mc.
Then "Choose a menu that avoids greasy food and soup dishes, and if you drink 1.5 to 2 liters of water a day, you can prevent overeating."If you have to eat late at night, choose a low-fat diet as much as possible and sleep at least two hours after eating," he said.
It was also confirmed that losing weight gained by working life again had a positive effect on working life in the future.
When asked whether they think weight loss has a positive effect on their work lives, 75.4% (205) answered yes or more (yes and very much so). As for the positive effects (multiple responses), △a rise in self-esteem, 91.2% (187 people) △a positive effect on health, 64.4% (132 people) △stress management, 50.2% (102 people) △company peer relationship improvement, 13.2% (27 people).
As weight loss has a positive effect on work life, some experts argue that companies should also actively take care of employee health, especially weight loss.
Kim Kyung-joon, former Vice Chairman of Deloitte Consulting, said "From the perspective of companies, health programs such as health checkups and smoking cessation campaigns can have positive effects such as increased employee immersion, increased productivity, and reduced talent dropout rate."Weight management programs such as fitness fee support and weight loss incentives have already been adopted and utilized by domestic companies. "
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
