The high price of workplace stress
Sick and tired of your job? You’re not alone. Nearly half (44 percent) of working adults say that their current job affects their overall health, but only 28 percent of those believe that effect is a good one. People with disabilities, in dangerous or low-paying jobs, and those in retail are most likely to say their job has a negative impact on their stress levels (43 percent), eating habits (28 percent), sleeping patterns (27 percent) and weight (22 percent), according to a new survey from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in collaboration with National Public Radio and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. There is some good news: Most think work has a positive impact on personal health, but “in almost every case, the negative is significantly greater than the positive,” said the poll’s director, Robert J. Blendon, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at...