Conversations focused on creating diversity and inclusion at the workplace typically center on ending discrimination that employees face based on race, gender and sexual orientation. But what about weight?
Individuals clinically catergorized as overweight or obese made up 42.4% of the U.S. population in 2020, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. More than half of that demographic are active contributors to the workforce, according to CareerBuilder, though the corporate landscape is often unaccommodating for workers of a certain size.
