Working women gain weight
In addition to being more likely to put on weight, women who worked over 49 hours per week were more likely to smoke and consume alcohol than those who worked less. Image: srebrina/iStockphoto Middle-aged women who spend long hours working are more at risk of gaining weight, according to a new study.Published in the International Journal of Obesity, the study analysed the impact of employment status and the number of hours worked on the weight of middle-aged women and found those who worked in excess of 35 hours were more likely to experience weight gain.Researchers led by Dr Nicole Au, from the Centre for Health Economics at Monash University, analysed 9276 women aged 45–50 years using the Australian Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health for 1996 and 1998. The study found 55 per cent of the women gained weight over the two-year period. On average the women gained 1.5% of their initial weight...