Workplace health is no ‘piece of cake’. Research suggests it’s time to rethink office cake to improve workplace and public health.
Here’s the University of Chester press release that accompanied the publication of my research into office cake culture on 17th Jan 2020. It contains a link to a PDF of the full journal article. As people try to maintain their New Year health resolutions, and...
Workplace cake culture features in new Public Health England/Business in the Community toolkit
First published 7th March 2018 Public Health England and Business in the Community have launched another excellent toolkit for employers: The physical activity, healthier eating and healthier weight toolkit. The toolkit contains lots of great info and practical...
Workplace cake culture: a health risk or a sociable way to boost morale?
First published 18 January 2018 When I was planning my office cake research, cake-related discussions with friends and colleagues often led to the same full and frank discussion. Some argued that if you eat too much cake or other snacks (at work or elsewhere), you...
Rethinking office cake: how employers can help us reverse type 2 diabetes and save the NHS up to £25,000 a minute
First published 28th June 2018 What has workplace health and wellbeing got to do with reversing type 2 diabetes? A huge amount and it’s a very exciting opportunity. The problem is, employers are finding it hard to start a much-needed conversation with employees that...