A study in Finland and published in the International Journal of Obesity shows a link between the use of weight and fatigue-related work . After a hard day of work , employees would they be less willing to cook healthy? Evacuating they stress nibbling or rushing on vending machines?
When the work is a burden .
The study included 7000 women and 1800 men in positions in government in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
The officials were asked to report if they had the weight in the year preceding the study and the number of hours of work they had worked. They were asked to rate their level of burnout by answering in the affirmative or negative in a number of statements:
? I feel totally exhausted after a day of work .
? I feel tired in the morning on days when I have to get up for work.
? I work too hard.
? I am completely exhausted.
? My work is just too stressful.
? I think of my work in the same period of leave / during the weekend.
If they responded positively to at least four of these claims, degree of tiredness due to work was considered very high.
Frustration and weight gain
Almost a quarter of women (24%) and 19% of men had taken the weight in the year preceding the study.
The tired generated by the work was very high in 15% of women and 13% of men.
As for hours additional (beyond 40 hours / week), 20% of men and 13% of women had benefits in the year preceding the survey.
The study revealed, for men as for women, a link between a high degree of fatigue, the overtime and making weight . In addition, women who complained of poor balance between time spent at work and he spent at home proved more likely to take more weight . Similarly, men who were employed less binding were less likely to display extra pounds.
Halt the loss
What the survey does not reveal, what are the concrete reasons why overworked workers had taken the weight . No questions were asked on the diet of study participants nor their habits in sport and exercise daily.
Several hypotheses have been advanced, however:
? those who worked late at night may have had a habit of falling back on snacks or fast food , generally more caloric;
? workers showed a high degree of fatigue were too exhausted on returning home at night to put together a healthy meal and would, too, abused snacks and fast foods;
? workers have been tired too exhausted to perform the exercise physically regular.
The latter is regarded as crucial by the investigators who point out that exercise not only helps keep weight stable or lose weight but also to manage better the stress of a work demanding. Exercise daily or regular participation in sport are therefore a possible solution to fight against the taking of weight due to stress of the worker.
As for finding a new job , less damaging to the moral and physical health, the study do not talk about …


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