Mop Up Those Blues: Housework Beats Prozac For Depression, Anxiety

"Housework helps combat depression and anxiety" from New Scientist reports that a 20 minute session with the

That's the message from Mark Hamer and his colleagues at University College London, who wanted to find out what benefits arise from different types of physical activity. They examined data from questionnaires filled in by almost 20,000 Scottish people as part of the Scottish Health Surveys, carried out every few years. Some 3200 respondents reported suffering from anxiety or depression, but those who regularly wielded the mop or the tennis racket were least likely to suffer, the researchers report (British Journal of Sports Medicine, DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.046243).

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[Larry]

This must be why I'm so happy all the time and never worry.