Teagasc study reveals 62% of male farmers are overweight
According to the study 53% of farmers felt they were about the right weight. File Picture.
An Irish study of male farmers’ diets and weight management shows that 62% of farmers in the study were overweight or obese.
The study on farmers' diets was undertaken following a national mortality study showing that farmers experience five times higher cardiovascular, three times higher cancer and seven times higher farm injury mortality in the working-age range than ‘white collar’ workers.
