men who do the housework live longer

After the large-scale study, websites such as Gatsby and Dingenvoorvrouwen headlined that men who do a lot of housework would live longer. Does your husband or boyfriend do too little in the household? Then this is your chance to put it to work. Scrubbing, washing or vacuuming for half an hour can give your man a longer life. Small effort, right?

However, it is a bit more nuanced. The international survey that was conducted last year among more than 130,000 men and women from 17 different countries, shows that it mainly concerns the movement that produces the household chore. Researchers found that people who meet the WHO recommendation of 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous exercise per week are 28% less likely to die during the study (and therefore prematurely).

Small sidenote: It hasn’t been studied whether it matters whether you’re cleaning or doing any other activity. Nor whether you are male or female. That means that you also just have to work with that mountain again…

Source: Mama Magazine

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