Even doing chores or puttering around the house can accumulate to benefit our health.

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The group divides up chores and enjoys gathering around the crowded dinner table at the end of the day.

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The study defined housework as nine chores: cleaning, preparing meals, washing dishes, washing and ironing clothes, driving family members around, shopping, yard work, maintaining cars and paying bills.

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