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Article: UNHEALTHFUL SIDE EFFECTS OF WORKPLACE CHANGES DOWNSIZING, STRESS LEAVE MANY WITH LITTLE TIME FOR NUTRITIOUS MEALS
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 6, 2005
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Depending on your point of view, Sally Murphy is either a
nutritionist's nightmare or a typical overstressed modern American
worker. The partner and director of client services at Rattle
Advertising in Somerville says she starts her day with a sizeable cup
of coffee and sweet pastry. By afternoon, as her energy flags, she
moves on to snacks and beverages filled with sugar, salt, and
caffeine.
In the morning, "Before I do anything, I have to turn on that
coffee maker" Murphy says. "On my way to the office, I'll stop at
Dunkin' Donuts. I'll get some more coffee and a chocolate-frosted
donut."
Although she drinks half-caf (50 percent decaffeinated coffee),
she concedes she has become overly ...