|
Women hunched over desks for long gain weight
Wednesday July 11, 2012 07:15:05 PM,
IANS
|
|
|
|
|
Sydney: Middle-aged working women who spend long
hours hunched over their desks are more likely to gain greater
weight, say Australian researchers.
The study analysed the impact of job status and the number of
hours worked on the weight of middle-aged women and found
those who worked in excess of 35 hours (in a week) were more
likely to experience weight gain.
Researchers led by Nicole Au, from the Centre for Health Economics
at Monash University, analysed 9,276 women aged between 45 and 50
years, using the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health
for 1996 and 1998, the International Journal of Obesity reports.
The study found 55 percent of the women gained weight over the
two-year period. On average the women gained 1.5 percent
of their initial weight while extreme amounts of weight gain were
also evident.
Au attributed longer working hours to increased weight gain with
women spending less time maintaining their health and
fitness levels, according to a Monash statement.
"Extended work hours may reduce the time spent preparing
home-cooked meals, exercising and sleeping which are risk
factors for obesity. Policies that assist women who work long
hours to reduce the time costs of sustaining a healthy diet and
their physical activity routine may have positive benefits," added
Au.
|
|
Home |
Top of the Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top Stories |
|
 Court blocks Narayanan-Vajpayee letters on Gujarat riots
The Delhi
High Court Wednesday set aside the Central Information Commission
(CIC) order allowing disclosure of the correspondence between then
president »
US House resolution asks Gujarat to restore
religious freedom
Authorities in Gujarat protecting perpetrators of 2002 riots: HRW
|
|
|
|
Most Read |
|
Nitish likely to support Ansari for vice president
Bihar Chief
Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Nitish Kumar is likely
to back Hamid Ansari for a second term as vice president if the
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) declares his candidature, party »
Congress likely to re-nominate Hamid Ansari
BJP to field its own vice president
candidate
|
|
Syndicate could turn tables on Pranab: Sangma
A
"syndicate" could turn the tables on UPA presidential candidate
Pranab Mukherjee, his rival P.A. Sangma Wednesday said, recalling
1969 when a conscience vote enabled V.V. Giri to win although he
was pitted against the official Congress candidate.
On the Uttar Pradesh leg of his 'Garo Hills
» |
|
|
|
News Pick |
|
For Kashmir panchayats, an endless wait for
powers
The Jammu
and Kashmir government says it is gradually devolving powers to
the grassroots level in the state, but the ground reality appears
somewhat different. With an average voter participation of over 75
percent
» |
|
Khurshid's comments on Rahul are BJP fodder
Union Law
Minister Salman Khurshid's remarks Tuesday that a lack of
ideological direction plagued the Congress and that Rahul Gandhi
was performing only a cameo role triggered
» |
|
Punished for bedwetting girl yet to recover
from shock
Traumatised
and shocked, the 10-year-old girl who was allegedly made to drink
her own urine in the Visva-Bharati campus as a punishment for
bedwetting is finding it difficult to cope with the situation, her
father said Tuesday.
» |
|
 Be prepared for LS polls 'anytime in 2013',
Mulayam to party
Samajwadi
Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav appears to have fast tracked his
party's preparations for Lok Sabha polls by reportedly »
|
|
|
|
Picture of the Day |
|
 |
|
The Aligarh
Muslim University (AMU) students with the world's largest
envelope they put on display on May 02, 2012. The envelope
earned the premium Institution a place in the Guinness Book of
World Records. AMU received a certificate in this regard on
June 28, 2012. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comments
|
Quick links