One in three employees don't take lunch
September 1st 2011 UK workers' eating
habits are suffering
due to stress,
according to
research from the
forthcoming Aviva
Health of the
Workplace report.
Although employees
and bosses
recognise the value
of taking a lunch
break for wellbeing,
longer hours and workplace pressures
are stopping staff from taking the
breaks they need.
Significant barriers to taking a daily
break remain, particularly when
workers are under pressure. Nearly a
third (30%) of employees say they are
unlikely to take a lunch break, only a
marginal improvement on the 37%
who gave the same response in 2009.
A quarter (25%) will only take a
lunch break if they feel their workload
allows it, while 13% of employees
skip meals in the workplace
altogether. For some employees, stress
results in other poor dietary habits,
with 19% claiming they overeat at
work. To help encourage better eating
habits in the workplace Aviva has
produced an online guide to healthy
lunches. This can be downloaded at
www.aviva.co.uk/
healthoftheworkplace.
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