Foods eaten in U.S. workplaces—whether purchased in cafeterias or available to employees for free—are usually unhealthy, researchers say.
A survey of what working adults ate over the course of a week found that one in four people got food at work one or more times and that it was generally high in empty calories, salt, fat, and sugar.These treats included pizza, soft drinks, cookies, brownies, cakes, pies, and candy. They added up, on average, to nearly 1,300 calories per week, the study authors report in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
