Study: Cut chores + tech boost = health drop More 'deliberate'
exercise can overcome decline in daily activity Since the 1960s,
women have been spending more and more time in formal work
environments, which means less time at home, doing housework.
Thanks to technology, those who do stay home and choose to do
household chores have a much easier time than women did in the
'60s. Combine this with the sedentary nature of many modern
jobs, the free time that technology affords us and the
prevalence of televisions, computers and tablets, and women's
health is negatively affected -- and is affecting the health of
their children -- according to a recently released report. "The
premise of the study is that humans have engineered activity out
of every domain of daily life ... from the workplace to the home
... but we are not suggesting that women should be doing more
housework," said Dr. Edward Archer, a research fellow with the
Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South
Carolina in Columbia and lead au