Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Less Housework to Blame for Womens' Bigger Waistlines

Oh yeah, they went there. A new British study says extra elbow grease spent doing housework kept women more trim in the 1950s as compared with the modern woman's measurements.

Women's waistlines have grown six inches over the past 60 years because they don't do as much housework as their grandmothers, the researchers say. Housewives in the 1950s housewives used to burn 1,000 calories a day by doing the chores, but modern appliances make those chores easier. Now, many more women work full-time and have a more sedintary lifestyle.

The research, completed by Saga to mark the Queens' Diamond Jubilee, surveyed 8,000 men and women on their waist sizes, calorie intake and lifestyle and then compared those results with the average statistics for adults in 1952.

More

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think the preservitives in food make us put on a lot of fat also.

Anonymous said...

It makes sense. So does 2:49s observation

Anonymous said...

That's right, get them back in the kitchen...