Work is good for your health?

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Work is good for your health?
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Mon, 05-15-2006 - 5:25am

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=43421
Working Mothers Healthier Than Full-time Housewives

Main Category: Women's Health / OBGYN News
Article Date: 15 May 2006 - 1:00am (PDT)

According to new research carried out in Britain, working mothers enjoy better health than full-time housewives. Despite the stress working mothers face by holding down a job, dealing with childcare, housework and striving to keep the family happy.

It appears that working mothers, when compared to full-time housewives, are less likely to become overweight, have a better level of health and a healthier relationship. The study also found that single mothers experience worse health than working mothers who have a partner and children.

You can read about this study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Team leader, Dr. Anne McMunn, University College London, said that women who combine work with children and marriage do seem to have better health than full-time housewives. Even though they may experience high levels of stress sometimes.

It is not a question of chicken-and-egg either. Dr. McMunn said it is the experience of work plus having a family that brings on the better health, not the fact that only healthier mothers decide to carry on working.

The researchers examined data on women born in 1946 from the Medical Research Council's National Study of Health and Development. The data registers their health from 1946 until they are 54. Women's health was examined, with the help of a questionnaire at the ages of 26 through to 54. Every decade, the questionnaire collects data on each woman's work history, whether she is/was married, has children, her height and weight.

The healthiest women were the ones who had all three of the following:

-- A Partner
-- Children
-- A job

Those reporting the worst health were stay-at-home mothers, followed by childless women and single mothers.

38% of stay-at-home mothers were obese when they reached their 50s, for working mothers the percentage was 23%.

Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today

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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:30am
I don't think you really understand why the US doesn't want Americans to visit Cuba. The reason Americans are disallowed from Cuba is to prevent American tourist dollars from getting in. The hope was that the economy would collapse and his power would collapse along with it. It's simply an economic embargo that is still in place more out of inertia than anything else.
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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:33am
you truly have no clue. no one has ever been chased off this board, people may have left but that is their choice. in your short time here you have missed many of the regulars here going at each other just as hard. one poster here and i went at it so hard we both thought we should have been removed. no one here agrees on everything
Jennie
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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:35am
do you realize how many in this country wouldnt have access to an mri even with a 33 week wait
Jennie
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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:35am

"I would be very happy if he came to this country because perhaps then the US can have normal diplomatic relationships with a very close neighbor and possibly drop the sanctions."

Yes, I'm sure Fidel dreams of playing nicey-nicey with us.

I'll volunteer to bake the apple pie!!! Would you bring the jumpropes and pogo sticks??

Yippeeee!

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:36am

Why millions of American's don't have healthcare?

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:41am

Again, why don't they have access to healthcare?

Waiting for an MRI is only one terrible about Canada's healthcare system. I can name 230 but you will still see the bright side of that system.

I'll still take US healthcare over Canada's anyday.

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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:42am

Is it a partial premium, in other words do they tell you that the plan costs xyz but as an employee you only have to pay x?

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:44am
Millions of people in this country have to wait much longer than that. Approximately........Forever. They don't have health insurance.
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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:45am
talk about the pot calling the kettle black...............SAD
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Wed, 06-07-2006 - 10:45am
His tyranny is a threat to an American's way of life. There are some *very* easily swayed people here in the US who thinks that there's always a greener pasture than what we have here. My advice to them is to go walk that greener pasture and let me know how it is when you come back. *If* you come back.

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