【美国】员工们表示办公室饮食习惯有碍于健康

Office food is the biggest obstacle to wellness, employees say

Dive Brief:

lWhile 66% of HR managers say their organization's health and wellness offerings have increased in the past five years, workers still report many obstacles to achieving their health goals, according to findings from a Robert Half survey.

lAlthough 89% of employees surveyed think their organizations support their health and wellness goals, many felt food habits at the office were an obstacle to those goals. The top offenders include food at office celebrations (30%), snacks brought by coworkers (22%), free meals (10%) and vending machine fare (10%). Others cited the office candy jar, after-work drinks, business trips and "bagel Mondays."

lThe survey also found that for lunch, 44% of employees brought their own meals from home, 18% grabbed something on their way into work, 12% dined out and 7% said they ordered delivery. Robert Half's OfficeTeam polled 306 HR managers and 1,006 employees for the report.

Dive Insight:

The growth of wellness programs is positive news for both employees looking to get healthier and employers who want to help workers meet their goals (which improves health spending ROI). That wellness offerings have expanded in the past five years seems to jive with data showing employers plan to double down on the programs.

But there are concerns over the execution of wellness programs; 61% of employees told Willis Towers Watson researchers that their employer's well-being initiatives did not meet their needs. It's tough to break down all of the obstacles to better health on an individual level, but researchers commonly cite aspects of the modern workplace as detrimental to physical and mental health - from prolonged hours of sitting (or standing) to overwork to excessive sugar consumption. A majority of workers in another study said the workplace has a negative effect on their health.

That's why employers have a much larger task at hand: building a culture of health. A combination of initiatives beyond just "working out," including financial and behavioral well-being benefits, is statistically more effective at driving engagement. That may be why individual employers have experimented with relatively new perks, like back pain reduction initiatives and meditation rooms. Others have opted for more mainstream adjustments, like remote-work flexibility and extended time off.

简讯：

罗致恒富公司的一项调查显示，尽管66%的受访人力资源经理表示，在过去五年中，其企业提供了越来越多的员工健康项目，员工依旧提出了许多有碍于身心健康的因素。

尽管89%的受访员工认为，自己所在的企业提供了健康方面的支持，但是许多人觉得不良的办公室饮食习惯仍旧会阻碍健康。饮食问题主要来源于办公室的庆祝活动（30%），员工所携带的零食（22%），免费工作餐（10%）以及自动贩卖机食品（10%）。另外，部分受访员工表示，饮食问题也来源于糖果，工作之余的酒局，商务旅行以及面包圈。

调查也显示，44%的员工自带午餐，18%的员工选择速食型午餐，12%的员工外出就餐，7%的员工食用外卖午餐。罗致恒富的此项调查采访了306位人力资源经理以及1006位员工。

解析：

健康项目的发展对于员工和雇主而言是十分有利的。雇员可以变得更加健康，雇主则可以帮助员工达到健康目标，提高健康投资的回报率。过去五年的数据显示，雇主计划增加一倍的健康项目。

但是员工对于项目的执行效果有所担忧。据韦莱韬悦的研究者表明，61%的受访员工表示健康项目并没不能满足他们的需求。从个人角度而言，这些健康项目难以消除所有的健康障碍，但是研究者认为，现代工作环境，例如超时工作，过度劳累以及过度摄入糖份，是导致员工身体和心理疾病的主要源头。在另一份研究中，大部分的员工表示工作环境对自身健康有负面影响。

因此，雇主有着更加重要的任务：树立健康文化。比起简单的锻炼身体倡议，经济福利与运动福利相结合能够更加有效。有些雇主已经开始尝试做新的补贴方式，例如减少背部疼痛的活动，建造专用冥想房间。有一些雇主选择了更常见的方式，比如增加弹性工作时间，延长假期等。

翻译：俞亦岑

来源：

https://www.hrdive.com/news/office-food-is-the-biggest-obstacle-to-wellness-employees-say/514744/