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Originally Posted by Ija
While I dislike the authoritarian approach myself (Toby Cosgrove pulled some stunts like this at the Cleveland Clinic while I worked there years ago) I think it's important to consider that none of us have a right to be supplied with a cache of donuts at every business meeting or have vending machines stocked with Snickers bars in every hallway. It amazes me sometimes how we've come to expect and demand easy access to junk food at all times and rise up with righteous indignation when our favorite treats aren't supplied.
You gotta start somewhere, I guess. It's the Health Department, for heaven's sake. If you don't walk the walk, how can you expect anyone to take you seriously? I applaud this guy's thinking. With obesity, diabetes and other chronic problems related to them reaching epidemic proportions, you need strong leaders to set the example and you might as well start by some housecleaning in your own workplace. If he was being a **** about what people brought in their
own lunches, that's a different matter, but I don't think the workplace (the health dept) needs to reinforce bad eating habits.