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LONDON
Workplace stress is taking its toll on British workers, leading many to alcohol, insomnia, illness, and fights with coworkers, according to a new study released last week.

The government-sponsored survey found that 64 percent of U.K. workers felt on-the-job stress, causing more than half to lose sleep, and more than one-quarter to become ill.

Twenty-eight percent said that job stress had spurred them to get into fights with coworkers, the BBC reported.

The report, which suggests that taking at least one break a day could reduce workers’ stress, noted that less than one-fifth of respondents took a lunch break every day.