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Home is More Stressful Than Office, Poll Finds

by Kathy Jones on June 28, 2010 at 10:28 PM
 Home is More Stressful Than Office, Poll Finds

A new poll, which is part of the Philips Health & Wellbeing Index report, has found that most Britons find home environment stressful than the office one.

Around 58% of the people surveyed said their partners caused more stress as compared to 43% who said their boss caused more stress.

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18% of women said husbands or partners annoyed them, as compared with 12% of men who voiced similar sentiments.

Women were also more worried about the effect of weight on their health with 40% being concerned about obesity, while 20% each were concerned about cancer and high cholesterol.

Finally 58% of respondents felt obesity was detrimental to their health.


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