研究显示 减少工作时间有利健康

Working long hours every week could be bad for your health.

每周工作时间过长可能对身体有害。

Full and part-time employees in the US work an average of 40-hours a week, according to 2017 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

美国劳工统计局的2017年数据显示，美国全职和兼职雇员平均每周工作40小时。

Working more than that has been linked to negative changes to your health, while working fewer hours each week could help make you healthier, according to research from NYU Langone Health.

纽约大学兰贡医疗中心的研究显示，每周工作时长多于40小时，就会对身体健康造成负面影响，反之，每周工作时间少于40小时则有助于使人更健康。

Four ways a shorter workweek could help improve your health:

减少每周的工作时间可以从四个方面帮助改善健康：

1.Less stress

1.压力更小

A study published in the Journal Psychological Medicine in 2011 found that working more than 55-hours per week was associated with symptoms of anxiety and depression among people ages 44 to 66 who were employed full-time. Those who worked less had a lower risk of those symptoms.

2011年《心理医学杂志》上发表的一项研究发现，44岁至66岁全职工作人员有焦虑和抑郁症状与每周工作超过55小时有关。工作时长较短的人出现这些症状的风险更低。

2.Sleep more

2.睡眠更充足

A lack of sleep may lead to poor performance, memory and difficulty processing information. Getting the right amount of sleep can improve your health.

缺觉可能导致人表现不佳、记忆力下降、信息处理能力不足。获取适当的睡眠可以改善人的健康。

3.Improve your heart health

3.改善心脏健康

Working less could lower the risk of coronary heart disease among adults.

减少工作时长可以降低成年人罹患冠心病的风险。

4.Spend more time with loved ones

4.花更多时间与爱的人在一起

They can help combat loneliness and encourage a person to engage in leisure activities and exercise.

所爱之人可以帮人对抗孤独感，还可以鼓励人参与休闲活动和锻炼。