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EU's Top Court May Define Obesity as a Disability
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Fri, 2014-06-20 00:00
The EU's top court is considering a test case which could oblige employers to treat obesity as a disability.
Denmark has asked the European Court of Justice to rule on the case of a male childminder who says he was sacked for being too fat.
Karsten Kaltoft weighs about 160kg (25 stone; 350 pounds). He told the BBC that "bad habits" had made him fat but that his size was "no problem" at work.
The court's final ruling will be binding across the EU.
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