Passive fatness

[IanSuth]

This one blew my mind.

Apparently we can't say no to cake brought into an office so it is like passive smoking in making us unhealthy

Prof Susan Jebb, chairwoman of the Food Standards Agency (FSA), argued eating a piece of cake is a choice but colleagues can help each other by providing "a supportive environment".
"If nobody brought cakes into the office, I would not eat cakes in the day," she told the Times newspaper.
She compared cake to passive smoking.

Keep cake away from office, suggests food watchdog head

Workers should think about colleagues' health, the chairwoman of the Food Standards Agency says

www.bbc.co.uk

Any other office habits that are causing co-workers issues ? Maybe seeing a young apprentices skateboard/scooter and feeling compelled to grind down the office banister only to break a leg is the apprentices fault ?

 

[Mark T Jones]

Jeremy Vine special...

But seriously - how much must we protect people from their own stupidity?

 

[IanSuth]

Jeremy Vine special...

But seriously - how much must we protect people from their own stupidity?

I don't usually comment on the whole "nanny state" debate as a lot of it is just people posturing (although i did spend many years as a campaigning member of MAG fighting for motorcyclists rights), however the idea that people have so little self control that they are obese due to office cakes is laughable.

Unless of course it is happening multiple times a day which is maybe a case in the civil service (of which the FSA is part) - I have visions of a cream cake trolley being wheeled around her office at 11 & 3 each day plus doughnuts with lunch

 

[estwig]

Doesn't it depend on the niceness of the cake being offered........

Gregs donuts - Meh!

A nice slice of walnut coffee cake, one could be forgiven for not saying 'no', it has to be someones fault.....Right?

 

[Mark T Jones]

Doesn't it depend on the niceness of the cake being offered........

Gregs donuts - Meh!

A nice slice of walnut coffee cake, one could be forgiven for not saying 'no', it has to be someones fault.....Right?

Dinkin' Donuts - what's that all about?

Multi-coloured sugar-balls!

 

[IanSuth]

What you need is something substantial like real decent fruit cake/dundee cake or a slice of lardy cake/ bread pudding with a builders tea.

Then you wont snack

What you def don't need is krispyKreme or a costco birthday cake

 

[MikeJ]

Is encouraging people to eat better such a bad thing? If there's no biscuits and cakes in the office, people don't eat them.

Though in my case, if there were no biscuits in the office I'd go out and buy some.

 

[Mark T Jones]

Is encouraging people to eat better such a bad thing? If there's no biscuits and cakes in the office, people don't eat them.

Though in my case, if there were no biscuits in the office I'd go out and buy some.

Awareness is a good thing. Self-awareness is far better.

This is just unbelievably weak; and the association with passive smoking is plain misleading.

 

[IanSuth]

Awareness is a good thing. Self-awareness is far better.

This is just unbelievably weak; and the association with passive smoking is plain misleading.

Totally,

Nobody breathes in sugar and gets diabetes from being passively around a doughnut eater

 

[Clodbuster]

If you want to be part of the gang there is nothing wrong with asking for a small slice. When are people going to look after THEMSELVES.

 

[Annoying Donkey]

I wonder if bringing celery into the office would result in passive slimming... ?