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The bus company told Mrs Parker, who is 4ft 11in and 12st, that her Body Mass Index, a calculation of weight and height - was too high for them to employ her. She would have to lose weight if she wanted a job. The year-old had applied for the job with Translink, in Belfast, as she is planning to move to Northern Ireland with her husband Raymond, Mrs Parker, of Gloucester, has been a popular driver during her 20 years on the school run in Cirencester. No one else should do that. I also go for walks with my husband and grandchildren and exercise by doing housework, like vacuuming. The bus company wrote to tell her that if she lost weight within six months, she could still be considered. But Mrs Parker, who has threatened the sue the company for discrimination-added: "I realise when you are working with the public your looks come into it. A Translink spokesman defended the decision, saying that Mrs Parker did not reach an acceptable medical standard for driving because of her weight. He said: "As employers we have a responsibility in terms of our health and safety obligations to ensure our bus drivers reach an acceptable medical standard.
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By Sadie Whitelocks. Some jobs are bad news for the waistline and a new survey has revealed bus driving as the most weight-inducing occupation in the U. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index , which took into account a random sample of , employees aged 18 or over, found that More than one in four factory workers, office staff and, surprisingly nurses were also found to be dangerously overweight - the result of poor pay, unhealthy diets, a lack of exercise and a history of depression. Driving up obesity rates: Transport workers have a one-in-three chance of becoming seriously overweight. Ed Watt, who drove a bus in Brooklyn and Manhattan for 20 years and now serves as the Director of Health and Safety for the Transport Workers Union of America told Today that the results come as no surprise. So fast food rules.
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