First, husbands may be more likely to violate basic norms of family behavior than wives, from infidelity to simply claiming large
amounts of leisure time for personal pursuits.
It turns out that these people have
plenty of leisure time, sleep a good deal, and work less hard than their farming neighbors.
However, there are circumstances when people don't have enough time to provide the fifth component: spending
lots of leisure time with their canine.
He is involved in a range of community based activities and spends
much of his leisure time out and about in the countryside.
However, higher overall
levels of leisure time physical activity are required for long - term management of fat and body mass.
What is the most commonly reported leisure time physical activity modes for those who report less than 150, 150 to 300, or greater than 300
minutes of leisure time / physical activity?
Only you and your loved ones can determine the optimal
mix of leisure time and financial resources that will support your chosen lifestyle.
Long hours, for example, may be acceptable if workers believe the
loss of leisure time is justified by the extra income.
We did not question that the
inclusion of leisure time was valid, but we decided that our index would be more illuminating without it.
But as the
nature of leisure time changes and families become more involved in each other's activities, customers need more.
Each day will be filled with interactive lectures, group fitness classes, delicious meals made with fresh produce, and
plenty of leisure time to relax in the sun.
Going from
lots of leisure time to hardly any is a much bigger change and you're likely to feel it more profoundly.
These emotions include: 1) anxiety about establishing a new identity, 2) dealing with acceptance by one's family, 3) loss of old peer groups and finding new ones, 4) managing a new and different kind of workload, 5) making choices of courses and majors, 6) establishing a range of new relationships with peers and adults, and, 7) lifestyle choices about
use of leisure time, studying, eating, and sleeping.
Pre menopausal women who spend much
of their leisure time in physical activities are less likely to develop breast cancer according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, May 2008.
Fifty years ago, kids spent most
of their leisure time playing with other kids, giving them plenty of opportunity to practice their social skills and also receive the well documented benefits of play.
Alpa Patel (PhD), an epidemiologist at the American Cancer Society, showed men who spent six hours or more per
day of their leisure time sitting had an overall death rate that was about 20 percent higher than the men who sat for three hours or less.
Much of the overall result depended on which of several possible ways of calculating the
value of leisure time was employed.
Television is a major focal point of daily life for many Americans, and as many as 95 % include TV watching as
part of their leisure time.
According to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, individuals who spend four or more hours
of leisure time per day sitting in front of a screen (whether it be computer or TV) have a 48 percent increased risk of death from any cause, and a 125 percent increased risk of having a heart problem that results in hospitalization, compared to those who spend less than two hours a day relaxing in front of the TV / computer.
But let's not shoot the messenger (or resort to physical violence: on NYT blogger Lisa Belkin's analysis of the piece, commenter «Ross» wrote: «If I ever meet that Robinson dude I'm going to spend my 30 hours
of leisure time as a stay - at - home mom punching him dead in the face.»
Like Restivo, most of us are hard - pressed to squeeze five minutes
of leisure time out of the day, let alone the ongoing blocks of time needed to sustain a hobby.
The study showed that better physical fitness, plenty
of leisure time physical activity and a low body fat percentage were associated with more flexible arterial walls already in primary school children.
After all it seems to me that Generation Y has, through world travel, through mass education and through sheer amount
of leisure time actually faced a greater degree of natural and artistic beauty than any other that has preceded it.
Indeed, there is an entire chapter devoted to the special problems facing women who
because of leisure time and a growing confidence that they are welcome are more apt to become «tennis junkies» than men.
June 1: Concerts at North School Park, Arlington Heights Road and Eastman Street, begin and run until mid-August; dates will be in the summer
edition of Leisure Times.
May 1 - 7: Clean up the Parks Week; look for activities and times in the spring
issue of Leisure Times, the district's catalogue, or its Web site.
Mr Littlewood added: «It's not enough to ensure that work pays, we also need to be conscious of the greater
benefit of leisure time that is gained by those who don't work.
According to Stanford neuroendocrinologist Robert Sapolsky, who has studied stress in baboon troops, it is the relative safety from predators and high amounts
of leisure time enjoyed by some primates — including humans — that has transformed these useful biological coping mechanisms into a source of pointless suffering and illness.
this weekend was super busy, the type that leaves you feeling a little cheated out
of your leisure time come monday morning when you can hardly lift your head off your pillow!
«It would be extremely surprising if the shift toward teens spending the
majority of their leisure time staring at a screen didn't have effects,» says Twenge, who authored IGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood — and What That Means for the Rest of Us.