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Article: Long hours may be hazardous to your health.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Worklife Report
- Article date:
- June 22, 1999
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The growing number of workers who are spending longer hours on the job may be putting certain aspects of their health at risk, according to recently published research. For some of these individuals, changing from a routine to a substantially longer workweek may have increased the Chances of weight gain, smoking or alcohol consumption.
These associations between hours of work and lifestyle behaviour echo the results of research in other countries, notably Japan, where long hours have been linked to health outcomes such as high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease.
Data from Statistics Canada's National Population Health Survey indicate that ...