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Working Mothers more healthy

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threebob · 15/05/2006 02:34

\link{http://xtramsn.co.nz/technology/0,,13440-5776354,00.html\working mums healthier}

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compo · 15/05/2006 06:37

not very surprising really! All the running around is obviously better than the temptation to turn into a couch potato and finish off the kid's meals in the day Wink Although the mums who manage to get to the gym everyday might disagree...

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throckenholt · 15/05/2006 08:39

just read the bbc page about it - grrr.

It is not about being more "healthy" - it seems only to deal with being overweight - more "homemakers" are overweight than working mothers. And by implication if someone is not overweight they must be healthy.

Also they "regularly measured their height and weight" - were they expecting them to shrink FGS ?

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brimfull · 15/05/2006 08:41

sahm mum here,just about to sweat it out at the gym for an hour and a half...harumph!

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suzywong · 15/05/2006 08:43

sahm here just done 45 minutes of exercise to dvd while ds2 napped

So Thhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrppppppptwwwwwwwwwwwwwttttttt

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alligator · 15/05/2006 08:49

Have to say I get more exercise while working cos I cycle to work. But I aint very healthy atm have got a horrible cold Sad and am feeling very miserable so am on here rather than working.

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Enid · 15/05/2006 08:53

I care more about my appearance when I am working than when I am a SAHM Shock

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Uwila · 15/05/2006 10:41

I thought the title of the article was 1- designed to stir things up in the WOHM vs SAHM debate and 2- didn't really summarise the content of the article very well. I actually thought the article di more to demonstrate the importance of achieving all three life expreiences: Marriage (or partner), motherhood, and fulfilling career. It seemed to me that woman who achieved all three were healthiest.

However, I would definately lose weight if I was a SAHM. My height wouldn't change. Smile

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NotAnOtter · 15/05/2006 10:42

was going to say something contentious but thought better of it Wink

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shellybelly · 15/05/2006 10:47

another sahm here, but the running after dd all the time keeps me fit Grin

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Bink · 15/05/2006 10:47

There was a funny logic gap where they said "the findings showed good health was the result, not the cause, of adopting multiple roles during the women's lives" (I've added the italics.)

How does it show that? Seems to me that the findings could equally be taken to show the opposite: that people who choose to take on multiple roles because they are naturally energetic, or have a higher adrenaline addiction level, let's say - purely because of that personality trait, run around more and eat less.

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expatinscotland · 15/05/2006 10:49

bullshit, is all i can say.

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Uwila · 15/05/2006 10:50

Oh, come on Expat, you can say more than that.... and I dare say you will. Grin

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shellybelly · 15/05/2006 10:51

lol expat Grin

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expatinscotland · 15/05/2006 10:52

yet another government ploy to get both parents working full-time to line Gordon's pockets.

there. i said more.

:o

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beatie · 15/05/2006 10:53

I agree with EIS and Uwila. BS and misrepresentation of the findings.

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Uwila · 15/05/2006 10:54

Is that really it? Or do you have more to say?

Actually, I think it's more sloppy jornalism than Gordon's doing. But, then again, I'm always happy to join in on Gordon Brown bashing.

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shellybelly · 15/05/2006 10:55

well i'm not going to fall for it Grin ain't going back to work for a good while

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expatinscotland · 15/05/2006 11:01

Down w/Brown! I agree, Uwila :o.

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot sloppy journalism going around these days?

I mean, look at that column in the Times yesterday, about autism being the latest way to label an ill-behaved child.

Then there're those two, lovely PARP articles cod dug up.

FFS, I'm in the wrong business. I should just start spewing a bunch of verbal diarrhea - I already do :o - and get paid for it.

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Uwila · 15/05/2006 11:07

Slow news I suppose. They have to write about something. It is getting old though. I'd rather debate something like the usefulness of my taxes funding Red Ken to shmooz with Chavez and Bianca Jagger today. He's another one we should get out of office before his congestion charges and Chavez' impact on the oil industry send us into recession.

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iota · 15/05/2006 11:08

of course us SAHMs are fat and lazy and have huge backsides from too many coffee mornings and lunches out Wink

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 11:08

Well I am married, work and have a child (and a dog) and I am a right lard-arse

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iota · 15/05/2006 11:09

CD well that's becaue of too many lattes at work and business lunches Grin

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Uwila · 15/05/2006 11:15

Do you think being a pet owner puts a negative factor into the equation?

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 11:25

No as I spend a lot of time dog walking, so should make me fitter

I think I am so fat because i scoffed half of the Anzac biscuit mixture yesterday Blush I was telling sophable earlier how inexplicable it was that i seem to be putting on weight when I have been so good, but have just remembered that

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CountessDracula · 15/05/2006 11:25

ps hate latte

Macchiato for me

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