Stress, health and illness
According to the World Health Organization 2 stress, especially that relating to work, is the second most frequent health problem, impacting one third of employed people in the European Union.
There is a substantial body of research connecting stress to cardiovascular disease 3, the future manifestation of hypertension related to the individual‘s response to stress 4, metabolic syndrome5, obesity6, emotional overeating 7, while stress fuels approximately 50% of depression cases through disturbance of the HPA axis 8 and increased cortisol levels.