Women and Men Affected Differently by Workplace Stress

Women appear to be affected more negatively by long hours of working than men, a study a British study funded by that Great Britain's Economic and Social Research Council. The stress associated with working long hours may lead to situations were women “eat more high-fat and high-sugar snacks, exercise less, drink more caffeine and, if smokers, smoke more than their male colleagues,” said a Leeds University researcher. Such stress appears not to affect men in the same way. (Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-07-12T165601Z_01_L12782205_RTRUKOC_0_US-STRESS.xml), 7/12/06)