Working from Home has Many Benefits, New Study Confirms

Mark Berkley and Susan Halper Berkley work from home due to COVID-19 restrictions in Maplewood, New Jersey, March 18, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
Mark Berkley and Susan Halper Berkley work from home due to COVID-19 restrictions in Maplewood, New Jersey, March 18, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
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Working from Home has Many Benefits, New Study Confirms

Mark Berkley and Susan Halper Berkley work from home due to COVID-19 restrictions in Maplewood, New Jersey, March 18, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
Mark Berkley and Susan Halper Berkley work from home due to COVID-19 restrictions in Maplewood, New Jersey, March 18, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)

Working from home allows people to eat more healthily, feel less stressed and have lower blood pressure, according to a recent study.

The study, led by researchers at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and King’s College London, considered 1,930 academic papers on home working, teleworking and other types of hybrid work, reported The Guardian.

The team found that working from home allows people to eat more healthily, feel less stressed and have lower blood pressure, as well as making them less likely to take time off sick, tend to work longer hours and to work evenings and weekends.

“The effects of working from home on health were clearer in this study. The transition to home working during Covid was linked with an increase in intake of vegetables, fruit, dairy, snacks, and self-made meals; younger workers and females benefited the most in terms of healthier eating,” the researchers wrote in their paper, which was published in the Journal of Occupational Health.

Most of the reviewed papers also showed that people working from home felt more stable, calmer, and more productive and creative.

Yet, remote workers are also more likely to eat snacks, drink more, smoke more and put on weight, the study found.

Prof. Neil Greenberg, a psychiatrist at King’s College London and one of the study’s authors, said the study showed that workers and employers needed to start considering home working with the same seriousness as they did office working.

Refusing the working from home options will mean that talented employees may find other jobs, and makes companies less flexible in the event of future crises, such as another health emergency or strikes or severe weather conditions that prevent people from reaching their offices, he added.



Princess Kate Makes Rare Consecutive Public Appearances after Cancer Diagnosis

 Kate, Princess of Wales, left an Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh attend the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP)
Kate, Princess of Wales, left an Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh attend the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP)
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Princess Kate Makes Rare Consecutive Public Appearances after Cancer Diagnosis

 Kate, Princess of Wales, left an Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh attend the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP)
Kate, Princess of Wales, left an Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh attend the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in London, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP)

Britain's Princess Kate attended the Remembrance Sunday ceremony in London, her second public appearance in two days, as she gradually returns to public duties after her treatment for cancer.

She watched from the balcony of a government building as members of the royal family, including King Charles, and politicians laid wreaths at the Cenotaph war memorial in central London.

The Princess of Wales was wearing a black hat and jacket adorned with red poppies, which are worn by Britons as a symbol of respect for those who have lost their lives in conflict.

On Saturday, she appeared at the Festival of Remembrance at London's Royal Albert Hall.

Kate said in September she had finished chemotherapy, but her path to full recovery would be long. At the time, the 42-year-old said she would be carrying out a handful of public engagements later in the year.

Before this weekend's events her last public appearance was in October when she met the bereaved families of three young girls who were murdered at a dance class in northwest England.

The ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial is held on the nearest Sunday to Nov. 11 to mark the end of World War One, and pays tribute to those who lost their lives in conflict

Kate's husband William, who is heir to the throne, said during a visit to South Africa last week that the past year had probably been the "hardest" of his life after Kate and his father Charles were diagnosed with cancer.