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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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:48pm
Nope and I also said in another thread that I probably won't have any first-hand knowledge about any of this particular debate.
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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:50pm

You didn't answer the question.

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:50pm
Yes, I mean that you and about 200 million other people were conned into thinking this war was a good idea. The purposes are various, but I doubt you would be interested in what they might be.
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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:51pm

"What are you basing your comments on that they should have been convicted for rape/murder?"

That Teddy killed his aide.

"You were judging the entire Kennedy family on the actions of a few. Why?"

Why can't I judge them how I want to. I'm not asking anyone to agree with me.

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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:52pm
Where is your factual evidence?
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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:52pm

The director of FEMA and whether or not he handled the aftermath of a natural disaster is quite on target with what happened at the Superdome.


You don't think the head of FEMA and his qualification have anything to do in how a natural disaster was handled?


PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:54pm
Does it feel good for you to speak for every other American?
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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:55pm

Mentioned what?

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:58pm

So basically what you are saying is that you responded to my factual evidence with claims and when questioned to support those claims, you admit that you made false claims.


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Tue, 05-30-2006 - 1:59pm

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