Difficulty Eating Healthy at Work
November 4, 2008 at 8:09 am 1 comment
Without a doubt, whether you work in an office, construction yard, hospital, or wherever, eating healthy on the job is one of the most difficult things to do for the average person. YoNaturals is endeavoring to change all that; however, as it stands, the average workplace is not conducive to healthy eating. Unless you are willing and able to entirely pack your own lunch, replete with enough snacks to get you through the day and healthy drinks like water or fruit juices, you can expect to have to turn outwards for food sources. And if you are a healthy eater, you probably won’t like what you see.
What’s food sources are around your workplace? Better question: What food sources are around your job that you consider convenient? This is perhaps the real culprit behind our tendencies towards unhealthy eating in this country; our hectic lifestyles and working environments are not often conducive to maintaining proper nutrition. Thus, sometimes we must choose between being a good employee and being kind to our bodies; and since maintaining our jobs is what allows us to eat at all, often we must choose the former.
It’s unfortunate that we as a nation have not addressed this issue, given the horrible epidemics we deal with, such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Given that these are such an incredible strain on our health care budget in America, is it so much to ask for the government and employers to pay a little attention (and maybe even spend a little money) to institute some wellness programs for their workplace?
YoNaturals healthy vending provides one such outlet for companies looking to provide their employees with better choices. Our natural and organic snack and drink vending machines are perfect for any office building, or anywhere else that vending machines are typically found. If you are interested in helping your workplace institute some healthy changes, contact us at your earliest convenience!
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1. Recess | November 5, 2008 at 8:02 am
Given that most people do spend the majority of their waking hours at work, it can sometimes feel like the deck is stacked against you in terms of being able to make healthy choices at the office. Even those handy small reminders about being healthy are hardly as ubiquitous as the candy bowls, office birthday beer and cake, and the stream of emails that keep everyone glued to their chairs. Employers really need to be creative about helping steward a healthy working environment. At the end of the day corporate wellness programs help employees and that helps employers lower health care costs and improve worker productivity. That’s a win-win!