While conducting a study into stress, he found that police officers were using holiday time to catch up with paperwork. 'The need to stay involved with work while on holiday can be driven by natural cognitive processes,' she says. Anxiety about work is one health concern on holiday, but some people become physically ill when they take a break. Even so, a weekend mini-break can be enough to reduce stress levels, according to research published in the journal Stress and Health in 2014. Her study, published in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, found that when people travelled, they slept more, were more active, more social and did fewer chores.

Source: Daily Mail August 10, 2020 22:15 UTC