Our government has decided to raise the issue of working hours with a proposal to make a 4-day working week. Many took this news positively. But before you rejoice, it is necessary to understand more: "As a 4-day work week will affect your health?"
Now all we used to work on schedule 5/2 - 8 hours a day. A week runs up to 40 hours. Such a standard five-day week appeared in the 1960s. In this graph, there are many pros and cons, both from an economic point of view and psychological. We will look at the subject from a medical point of view.
At work, we spend a third of the day, are about the same spend on a dream, plus - an hour on the way to work and back the same amount. Of the remaining six hours, two hours is spent on meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner). Total, we have a maximum of four o'clock personal time.
Over the weekend, we try to do it all the backlog of cases, to rest or to sleep off to the new powers meet on Monday. But as a rule rarely be awake early in the week. Spinning like a squirrel in a wheel - pass the year.
The answer is obvious - course 4-day will be better. But it is not so simple. First you need to understand what health is and what it depends on.
according to World Health Organization, health - a condition caused by complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
It depends on four different factors: heredity, lifestyle, environment, level of medicine (detailed article).
At the beginning of zero in the UK conducted an experiment
People are asked to choose a any convenient working hours (a total of 40 hours per week) and work in a year time. Holds monthly measurements of health status. Someone chose 1/3, 2/2 somebody, some stopped on four days a week for 10 hours, and someone has left everything unchanged - 5/2.
The results showed that people who worked on schedule 5/2 less exposed to disease. The thing is hormone biological rhythm - melatonin, Which is synthesized in the pineal gland. He begins to produce in the evening. The highest concentration falls at night. Violation of the biological rhythm threatens deterioration of immunity, accelerated aging of cells.
When the schedule day / three health deterioration was observed most often. Then there was a schedule 2/2. Working 10 hours a day, four times a week appeared a little fatigue in the evening. Number of output (2 or 3 days) did not affect the health.
If we compare the statistics of average life expectancy and the number of working hours per week, you may notice a certain pattern
If switching to a 4-day working week, will be associated with a decrease in the number of working hours, the case takes a positive turn.For example, in the top twenty on the life expectancy is HollandWhere it is accepted to work in all 29 hours per week - the average life expectancy is 80 years for men and 83 years for women. The tenth line in duration takes Norway. Residents work on 33 hours per week, Leaving home at 16.00. life expectancy men - 80 years old, women '84.
Russia is on life expectancy 104 positions.Men on average live to 67 years and women to 77. The exception is Japan. Working day they the same as in our country, but life expectancy is much higher. The thing is a genetic component.
Drawing conclusions:
It is safe to say that there are two sides of the coin in this matter. For someone to switch to 4-day week will impact favorably in view of well-conducted weekend (recreation), but for someone on the contrary was a breach of the usual mode. But in general, such a transition is to improve the state of health of citizens.
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