Working over 55 hours a week associated with higher risk of stroke, heart attack
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#2you don't say!
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#3So do people who don't work at all, have a lower risk of stroke, heart attack than people who do work?
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#4So do people who don't work at all, have a lower risk of stroke, heart attack than people who do work?
No, being sedentary also raises your chances.
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#5So do people who don't work at all, have a lower risk of stroke, heart attack than people who do work?
No. Citation?
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#6Re: Working over 55 hours a week associated with higher risk of stroke, heart attack
#7So do people who don't work at all, have a lower risk of stroke, heart attack than people who do work?
I think not working at all could affect your mental health if you didnt have decent substitute
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#8The actual study:
Re: Working over 55 hours a week associated with higher risk of stroke, heart attack
#9So do people who don't work at all, have a lower risk of stroke, heart attack than people who do work?
There are two extremes here. One extreme is excessive work while the other is no work. In between the two lies a range of working hours which is tolerable to humans.
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#10So do people who don't work at all, have a lower risk of stroke, heart attack than people who do work?
My heuristic is that most health issues are non-linear with a "healthy middle ground".
Not everything has a healthy middle ground though - work could be like radiation exposure (linear no threshold model). That's probably more for "work-related toxicity", both mental and physical, rather than work itself.