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Experts “Combatting Cake Culture”

Specialists are calling for changes to British work habits as fears of office โ€˜cake cultureโ€™ grow.

While January is saturated with diets and detoxes, experts believe many wonโ€™t make lasting effects, and could give up before the month is up.

โ€œItโ€™s easy to fall into bad habits when it comes to food in the workplace,โ€ explains Danny Clarke, group operations director for the ELAS Group. โ€œHow many of us came into work today to find piles of chocolates, biscuits or cakes?โ€

The concern stems from the โ€˜temptationโ€™ by workers to snack through the day, and urges companies to offer healthy alternatives in vending machines.

This comes following the Royal College of Surgeonsโ€™ Faculty of Dental Surgery released a statement, claiming confectionery was the fastest growing food category this Christmas, with a year-on-year increase of 8.8%.

โ€œWhile these sweet treats might be well meaning, they are also contributing to the current obesity epidemic and poor oral health,โ€ said Faculty dean, Professor Nigel Hunt, adding that something as simple as regulating when you eat sugar could make a big difference.

These โ€˜sugar schedulesโ€™ could help reduce the approximately 63% of obese adults in England.

โ€œWe need a culture change,โ€ says Professor Hunt. โ€œMake combatting cake culture in your workplace one of your New Yearโ€™s resolutions for a healthier 2017.โ€

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