Researchers in Britain say they have found no evidence that cleaning, even heavy housework, causes women between the ages 60 and 79 to lose weight.

The study found that even heavy housework - which could include vacuuming, scrubbing floors or washing windows - had no health benefit.

Dutifully, young Trautmann went to school; loyally, he helped his mother with her heavy housework.

Kush sent aslave-woman to help Tahi with the cooking and the heavy housework, suchas changing the latrine buckets.

She knew she had visited heavy housework upon herself because of her attitude.

Easy-to-run homes and a host of electrical aids mean that heavy housework does not take the toll it once did.

He said I'd have no heavy housework, and my own room and bath with color television.

I was awakened quite early by the unmistakable sounds of heavy housework.

After a recent stroke she now needs help with shopping and heavy housework.

Doing heavy housework and yard work, such as scrubbing the bathtub, washing walls, tilling the garden, or pulling weeds, on a regular basis.