The latest American Journal of Public Health includes a couple of studies that caught my eye.

Turns out women in the Middle East would also like some help around the house. Researchers at the American University in Beirut found women there whose husbands helped with housework were nearly three times less likely to rate themselves as unhappy than were similar women with slacker husbands.

The survey of 1,652 women found those with the least-involved husbands were also more likely to rate themselves as distressed or uncomfortable with their husbands. The results come from a low-income Beirut neighborhood and are similar to work involving Western women. It is also believed to be the first to ask the question in the Mideast.

The latest American Journal of Public Health includes a couple of studies that caught my eye.

Turns out women in the Middle East would also like some help around the house. Researchers at the American University in Beirut found women there whose husbands helped with housework were nearly three times less likely to rate themselves as unhappy than were similar women with slacker husbands.

The survey of 1,652 women found those with the least-involved husbands were also more likely to rate themselves as distressed or uncomfortable with their husbands. The results come from a low-income Beirut neighborhood and are similar to work involving Western women. It is also believed to be the first to ask the question in the Mideast.

Closer to home, researchers at Stanford University reported older women with a little meat on their bones lived longer than their thinner or heavier counterparts.

The study involved more than 8,000 women age 65 and older. They were participating in an osteoporosis study and followed for eight years. Those with a body mass index (BMI) of between 24.6 and 29.8 had the lowest mortality during the study. BMI is calculated using a person’s height and weight. A BMI of 25 to 29 is considered overweight.