Is Your Workplace Making You Fat?
ATLANTA, GA (CBS Local) – The dilemma is all too familiar: it’s Monday morning, you walk into your office and see that someone has left a big box of donuts in the break room. Then, your co-worker tells you there will be cake later for yet another birthday celebration.
The Details:
A new study finds that U.S. employees add 1,300 calories at work each week
Pizza, sandwiches, and soda were the most common food choices at work
Health officials say bringing your lunch is the best way to watch your weight
One thing’s for sure. You’re not alone. A new federal government survey found that about one-quarter of Americans “acquire” nearly 1,300 calories at work every week. Even worse, the survey only included foods people didn’t bring to work themselves, and food they didn’t purchase from outside vendors.
“The majority of the calories people got at work, people didn’t pay for — 70 percent of the calories were free,” said study co-author Stephen Onufrak, an epidemiologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The food and beverages that were most commonly obtained at work, he said, were:
Coffee
Sugar-sweetened soft drinks
Sandwiches
Tea
Cookies
Brownies
French fries
Pizza
Salad
Water
Diet soft drinks
When the researchers looked at the foods by calories, pizza was the leading source of calories obtained at work, followed by sandwiches and regular soft drinks.
Onufrak said the foods obtaine...
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