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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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Well, to begin with, the Iraqis have no bodies of law. Hussein was their dictator for decades. So the US is the one finally bringing Law to this reprobrate, lawless country. <>
We are the ones behind the sham of an alleged Iraqi Constitution. We are the ones organizing the elections. We are the ones bringing Hussein to justice by the Iraqi authorities even though the elections, the current Iraqi President and the trial of Hussein appear to be Iraqi-led.
So common sense dictates that there is absolutely no evidence that Hussein had a single thing to do with 9/11 otherwise charges against Hussein would have been brought for same.
It's time to think for yourself because none of your articles even approach being credible.
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I hope I'm not coming across as trying to dodge your questions, but I honestly don't know enough of either to make a distinction.
I've always been partial to US News & World Report. IMO, it's one of the least biased news sources out there. Of course, YMMV.
It's a joke, lighten up!
Felicia posted that I might think that people are jealous of me.
It's a joke.
"I grew up on LI and there is not a shred of believability to such a racist comment. The conclusion is obvious. You are giving away so much about yourself in this thread, and most of it is quite ugly."
How dare you call me a racist. I'm the last person on this board that you should give that label to. I've heard people only use that in a joking way. Did I say that I ever said that?
"It's about time for you to go back into hiding again."
Um, I don't think so.
"Some people in the US are still under the delusion that Dubya's tax cuts are actually benefiting them.
Some people in the US are not intelligent.
Some evangelical Christians in the US believe that born-again Dubya should make all efforts to convert the Muslims to Christianity even though he will surely fail, because that is what God requires of a born-again Christian with a history of drunk driving, cocaine-abuse, womanizing and illegally evading his duties with the Texas Air Nat'l Guard.
Ignorance that Iraqis were nomadic Godless peasants without electricity, schools, highways and all the luxuries even the common white trash in the US have.
Racism, bigotry, etc, etc"
Whom are you referring to here? This post reeks of racism, bigotry, etc., etc.
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