Excellent PBS documentary on stress and how it operates the same way in individuals in two coparable communities- one wild babboons and te other  Whitehall Civil Servants …

In each…

• those at the bottom of the hierarchy experience the greater levels of stress -with subsequent detrimental affects to health.
• those at the top of the hierarchy experience less stress – they have more choices and control over their environment – and get to dump / off load on those lower in the hierarchy.

The film features the work of Dr Robert Sapolsky of  Stanford University and illustrates the complex interplay of biology and environment known as epigenetics.

Related articles

• New Study: Leaders Are Less Stressed Than Their Subordinates (forbes.com)
• Do Yourself a Favor and Watch Stress: Portrait of a Killer (with Stanford Biologist Robert Sapolsky) (openculture.com)