to ask if you think being fat is a disadvantage in job interviews?

[AteRiri]

Especially in corporate world? Just curious.

Also, before anyone suspects fat shaming, I'm a 16 myself. So really curious as I am doing the rounds of graduate job interviews currently.

I worked with a very fat woman in a previous job, and she wasn't lazy at all workwise. However she was very lazy if it came to getting up from the desk to do anything remotely physical (such as walking upstairs to speak to someone) and she spent most of the day loudly eating smelly food and took lots of time off work for weight related issues so I had to cover her work a lot. She used to spend hours moaning about her weight and aches and pains because of it. When she sat next to me I'd be squashed up to the wall.

Her actual work was of a high standard but I wouldn't like to work with her again, and I guess overall that is because she is fat

Brexitsucks yes size 16 I heard is the uk national average.

My MIL weighs over 20 stone, she's very big at only 5ft 4.
She got her first part time job since she was 20, age 51, working at a crèche.

She's still there but she does take a lot of time off. She often calls my dp for lifts to work.
If it's raining she says she's worried she slip over. It's only a 5 minute walk. She also has a dog and loves him very much but not enough to walk him.

She's been on bp medication since she was only 34.

I think a size 16 isn't necessarily big enough to effect your health and don't think it would be big enough to be turned down for a job because of it.
However being overweight is a big deal. When someone is anorexic they can be committed to a clinic and have treatment forced on them.
In my MILs case, it would be great if some more tough love was put upon her. She has an emotional connection towards food.
When we lived there briefly, I'd be woken to hear the microwave ping at 2am or the smell of pizza waft up the stairs.
It's a very hard situation, she's very lazy and needs help. Acting like it's no big deal doesn't help people like her.

But size 16, that's nothing and nobody should be considered 'obese' at that size.