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Re:Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility by mattwest on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:25AM (#34958285)
Sure it is. All health outcomes are made up of many causal components with their own coefficient.

Additionally, "physically demanding work" is also a proxy for "low probability of obesity".

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Re:Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility by toyg on Monday February 27, 2023 @11:39AM (#34958509)
> "physically demanding work" is also a proxy for "low probability of obesity".

Me: <laughs in British builders>

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Re:Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility by f1refly on Monday February 27, 2023 @04:38PM (#34962238)
This comment was written by someone who was never at a construction site.
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Re:Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility by wholinator2 on Monday February 27, 2023 @06:18PM (#34963417)
As someone from the USA who really only sees road crews from time to time, is the prevalence of obesity in construction really that high? What kinds of construction. I imagine you couldn't replace residential roofs if you were too large, forever if your job consisted of mostly ground based walking tasks like... I have no idea. But maybe some types of construction have more obese than others.

I haven't known many workers in that trade but all my experience is with thin and deceptively strong men who look permanently beat up from years of labor and small accumulated accidents.

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Re:Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility by mattwest on Monday February 27, 2023 @07:15PM (#34964013)
I worked in manual labor for 6 years to get myself through college. What is your experience?

Besides, just seek out the data instead of spouting glib anecdotes

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