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Over half employees eat unhealthy at work, study says - UPI
Employees aren't eating nutritious lunches at work, but many are looking for better options, new research shows.
Over half of workers in the United States have trouble eating healthy on the job, according to a survey published Tuesday by the American Heart Association. And 77 percent reported eating healthier on the job would help them make better eating decisions outside of the workplace.
"In the U.S., many people spend up to half their waking hours at work and eat several meals a week during working hours," Anne Thorndike, vice chair of the American Heart Association's Nutrition Committee, who wasn't involved in the research, told UPI. "In a recent study of employees at a large hospital, my research group recently showed that the employees who made the least healthy purchase in the hospital cafeterias were more likely to have unhealthy diets outside of work and to have higher rates of obesity, prediabetes and high blood pressure."
Employees aren't eating nutritious lunches at work, but many are looking for better options, new research shows.
Over half of workers in the United States have trouble eating healthy on the job, according to a survey published Tuesday by the American Heart Association. And 77 percent reported eating healthier on the job would help them make better eating decisions outside of the workplace.
"In the U.S., many people spend up to half their waking hours at work and eat several meals a week during working hours," Anne Thorndike, vice chair of the American Heart Association's Nutrition Committee, who wasn't involved in the research, told UPI. "In a recent study of employees at a large hospital, my research group recently showed that the employees who made the least healthy purchase in the hospital cafeterias were more likely to have unhealthy diets outside of work and to have higher rates of obesity, prediabetes and high blood pressure."