What do you get when you cross an economist, 597 blonde women and a national survey? A bizarre study.

This researcher set out to prove blondes aren't really dumber

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If you’re unemployed or struggling to find work, there is good news and bad news. The bad news: You’re unemployed and struggling to find work. The good news: You're gorgeous! Enjoy your beauty if not the realization of your career dreams.

A new study found that women are less likely to get past female HR personnel if they are good looking. To test their theory that beauty is a liability for female job-seekers, two Israeli economists sent out 2,500 fake resumes to real job postings. The resumes were sent in pairs: one resume came with a photo of an attractive female applicant while the other came without a photo. Unfortunately for the photogenic job-seekers, landing that all-important interview wasn’t so easy. In fact, the researchers estimated a goodlooking gal needed to send out 4 more resumes than an average Jane to score a “date” with HR.

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Our cultural preoccupation with fat—who is, who isn’t, and what a big bum may or may not say about a person’s character—is increasing by the moment.

This morning I actually set out to write a blog post on how our new debt diet is making my husband and I a bit thinner (eating all that expensive takeout really packed on the pounds!). But then a friend of mine posted a link to this article on Facebook.

A new research paper published in the Journal of Applied Psychology finds that skinny women earn way more in the workplace their “average weight” counterparts. Women who are very thin earn nearly $22,000 more. Skinny figure = fatter paycheque.

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I love reading www.weightymatters.ca.

Written by Canadian nutrition watchdog, family doctor and founder of Ottawa’s Bariatric Medical Institute, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, the good doctor always makes me think and causes me to challenge my assumptions.

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