Stressful working environment and lack of exercise leads to obesity, a research found.

At the University of Rochester Medical Center it was shockingly observed that close to 72 to 75 per cent of the employees were overweight or obese.

Lead researcher Diana Fernandez, an epidemiologist at the URMC Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, stated that her research concentrates on the area of high job pressure where problems like cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, exhaustion, anxiety, depression, and abnormal weight gain are quite normal.

Fernandez further added, "In a poor economy, companies should take care of the people who survive layoffs and end up staying in stressful jobs."

It also came as a thing of awe, when scientists found that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables had little or no effect in diminishing job stress levels and showed zero satisfaction levels in-dealing with weight control.

However, it was concluded in the study that exercises are more efficient in curbing the fat and preventing from getting obese.