Conspicuous Consumption

I have been reading articles and news items in the media about how people in UAE are prone to diabetes and obesity. I have been in Dubai now for about one and a half years and I tend to believe that conspicuous consumption of food during working hours seem to be a major factor. A major percentage of colleagues are extremely prone to junk food. I may be wrong but most people bringing food from home belong to India.

A lot of guys and gals come in to office in the morning with a coffee in one hand and a croissant or a chicken mayo sandwich in the other to kick off the day. Candies, gums, dry fruits, cookies, chocolates can be found in almost every alternate desk and mind you they are not for guests. I know of people going for ice cream breaks like others go for a smoke.

I was at a client’s office the other day and I could see at least 10 people out of a total thirty having French fries and burgers during lunch. Then there are these salad fetish people giving you that guilt feeling of you are onto something else. The amount of feta cheese, bread croutons in them easily transform those into the junk food category.

There is this 24/7 outlet in the ground floor of our building and the maximum consumption of items are juices (full of sugar), pies and croissants, biscuits, nuts and of course the famous coke.
There is more to the story. The consumptions are not declared at home and that’s the truth!! Sphere: Related Content