We have posted beforeon how obese women have a far harder time climbing the career ladder than their slimmer female counterparts , while men actually improve their chances of reaching the corner office when they gain weight.

Now, a new studygoes a step further by showing that employers seem to treat women exactly the way the fashion industry does  by rewarding very thin women with higher pay, while penalizing average-weight women with smaller paychecks. Very thin men, on the other hand, tend to get paid less than...