People who become obsessed with
pursuing comfort and cosiness as part of a ‘hygge’ lifestyle could suffer
severe health issues in the future, respiratory experts have warned. ‘Hygge’,
the Danish word for cosiness and pronounced “hoo-gah”, has been used to refer
to a new wellbeing trend from Denmark that has become popular across the world
this year. It has been interpreted as being a “state where all psychological
needs are in balance” to make people more happy, according to happiness expert,
and involves cosying up with lots of candles, low lighting, soft music and
indulgent winter foods. But now health experts have warned hygge could be more
physically damaging than previously thought. Jorn Toftum of the Centre for
Indoor Environment and Energy at the Technical University of Denmark, said that
using candles to excess could give dedicated “hygee-junkies” respiratory
problems. Candles give off a large amount of particles when they burn.
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