July 30th, 2014

In the course of daily work, people who suffer from overweight Show lower productivity and more likely to be injured in the workplace. In addition, obese people need to be interrupted to rest for a longer time, to bring a series of working days, according to scientists working in the University of Virginia   and Buffalo .

These findings, researchers made after the completion of a special experiment, which was attended by 32 volunteers. These were people belonging to different age groups, and among them were those who suffer obesity And participants of normal weight. During the experiment they performed various operations that require certain physical effort that is necessary to make a person working in the production. In this alternate periods of rest and stress. After the end of the active part of the study, researchers found that people who were overweight, endurance decreased by 40% . The hardest thing they had to cope with the tasks at which it was required to ensure the capture of a hand, as well as with the assembly of certain items. The worst results were observed in women who were obese.

According to scientists, obesity in humans decreases blood flow, which ultimately leads to a decrease in oxygen supply and limited sources of energy .  Therefore, when performing certain physical operations muscles in obese people quickly get tired .  The researchers emphasize that in the last thirty years the number of obese people has doubled .  It therefore increased the total number of injuries at work and the number of hospital .  The study also notes that in the future the designers have to consider how to facilitate the process of employees working with overweight .  In particular, it is proposed in the workplace of people to provide special props and fixtures that will reduce energy costs for maintaining a certain body positions for a long time .  However, the most optimal way out - an active struggle with overweight .

By the way, recently, scientists were able to detect cells in the brain which determine a person's desire to eat. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology are convinced that in the future, this discovery will help to create a fundamentally new method of therapy obesity   and anorexia .

So far, the research was conducted on laboratory rodents, during which it was found that the inclusion of these neurons at once sharply reduced appetite. Therefore, experts believe that under the action of these cells can significantly reduce the amount of food consumed. Already, the researchers argue that these results make it possible to develop a framework for a new method of getting rid of all who need it, of excess weight.