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Taking days off work helps you live longer

Taking time off work is actually more important than a healthy diet and exercise

29-Aug-2018

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People who take fewer than 3 weeks leave a third more likely to die young.

37 per cent more likely to die over the next 30 years.

Men with shorter vacations worked more and slept less.

A healthy lifestyle does not compensate for working too hard.

40-year study involved 1,222 middle-aged men born between 1919 and 1934.

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Timo Strandberg

Professor in Department of Medicine at University of Helsinki.

University of Helsinki

Multidisciplinary research university.

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How To Live Forever