Recently there is a new public service announcement on the radio. (I have heard it too many times; it's not that new any more) It says that we should not eat lunch at our workdesk because "studies show" that people who do that tend to eat more. The reason, according to them, is that eating while doing other things leads to "mindless grazing".
Now I don't disagree about the "mindless grazing" part. If you are munching on snacks, then yes, I don't doubt that you would just continue munching if you weren't thinking about it. But here we are talking about lunch. If you don't go and have lunch somewhere else, it probably means that you brought lunch to your desk. And how on earth are you supposed to "graze mindlessly" if the food you have brought is all eaten up? Surely you would not bring more than one portion of lunch to work?
What were they thinking when they drafted out that PSA? I wish someone could enlighten me.
Now I don't disagree about the "mindless grazing" part. If you are munching on snacks, then yes, I don't doubt that you would just continue munching if you weren't thinking about it. But here we are talking about lunch. If you don't go and have lunch somewhere else, it probably means that you brought lunch to your desk. And how on earth are you supposed to "graze mindlessly" if the food you have brought is all eaten up? Surely you would not bring more than one portion of lunch to work?
What were they thinking when they drafted out that PSA? I wish someone could enlighten me.
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