New study out today says working long hours is harder on women than men:
Both sexes consume less alcohol if they spend more time working, researchers said on Wednesday, but toiling extra hours makes women crave unhealthy snacks.
"Women who work long hours eat more high-fat and high-sugar snacks, exercise less, drink more caffeine and, if smokers, smoke more than their male colleagues," said Dr. Daryl O'Connor, a researcher at Britain's Leeds University.
"For men, working longer hours has no negative impact on exercise, caffeine intake or smoking," O'Connor said in a statement released by the Economic and Social Research Council, which funded his study.
"Crave?" How about "have time to grab?" Because if a man is working long hours, chances are he's got a wife at home who's tending to the dinner arrangements. If a woman is working long hours, who's thinking of her? Some of us are lucky to have cooking mates. Most of us aren't.
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