More than twenty percent of working Dutch people are annoyed by colleagues who are too fat. More than 53 percent of the respondents also indicate that they are annoyed when colleagues call in sick while they lead an unhealthy lifestyle. This is shown by BoxBites research into eating habits at work.
The men, in particular, score the highest. Almost a quarter of the men (24 percent) indicate that they are bothered by a fat colleague. This percentage is 17 percent for women. Men also find their overweight colleagues less professional.
More than 53 percent of workers are annoyed by colleagues who call in sick, but who lead an unhealthy lifestyle. It is striking that mainly people with a full-time job and young families with children up to 12 years of age are most disturbed by a colleague who lives an unhealthy life and is therefore absent more often. 57 percent and 63 percent respectively indicate that they are bothered.
The research also shows that almost 75 percent do not take into account a colleague who dies, which is contradictory to the percentage who is annoyed. It is striking that mainly men indicate that they do not or hardly take into account colleagues who follow a diet or try to eat healthier. No less than 81 percent of men do not take into account a colleague who is dieting, compared to 66 percent of women.
