Want to live a long, healthy life? Besides leading a healthy lifestyle, taking at least three vacations a year between your work schedule seems to be the key, especially for men, suggested a study.
People with shorter vacations worked more and slept lesser than those who took longer vacations, which took a toll on their health and affected their life span.
The study, presented at the annual conference of the European Society of Cardiology in Germany, included 1,222 middle-aged male executives, and were randomised into a control group or an intervention group.
The intervention group received oral and written advice every four months to do aerobic physical activity, eat a healthy diet, achieve a healthy weight and stop smoking.
Men in the control group received usual healthcare and were not seen by the investigators.
Vacation time had no impact on risk of death in the control group.
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