Experts claim that all those office birthday cakes are as damaging to health as passive smoking in pubs used to be. Strong Women editor Miranda Larbi has more than a few issues with that association.
Every few months , another alarmist diet story hits the news. A vegan diet can result in more fractures! An extra glass of wine will kill you! A single sausage a week can cause cancer! And this week, we’re being warned that sharing birthday cakes in the office is as bad for our health as passive smoking in pubs was.
Imagine the scene: there you are, munching away on your chickpea curry and lightly salted popcorn when out pops your line manager with a Colin the Caterpillar and a bunch of plates. Whereas before you might have resigned yourself to the miserable, tasteless popcorn, you’re now eating one of the caterpillar’s feet and thinking about going back to see if anyone’s nabbed his white chocolate face yet.
Cake, on the other hand, isn’t a carcinogen. Flour, water, sugar, butter, cocoa – none of those ingredients are known cancer causers, stroke inducers or respiratory disease promoters. None of them, if eaten as part of a balanced diet, are bad for you. Even the woman who wroteCake doesn’t cause cancer. Flour, water, sugar, butter, cocoa – none of those ingredients are known cancer-causers, stroke-inducers or respiratory disease-promoters.
When are we going to start being honest about the fact that obesity and excessive weight gain is as much a mental health issue as it is a socio-economic one? If the thousands living with obesity were sick simply because they really enjoyed sweet treats or worked in an office with a birthday every week, the obesity crisis would be a simple one to solve. Clearly, it’s more complex.
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