The shocking number of Aussies missing out on lunch breaks

Research from YouGov on behalf of Youfooz has found less than a quarter of workers are taking their full lunch break.

Dietician Melanie McGrice says people should be ensuring they eat every three to five hours.

“Our body produces a protein called ghrellin which is our appetite clock and usually … that’s when we tend to get a dip in our ghrellin because our last meal is digested and we’re ready for something else,” she told Mark Allen and Jimmy Bartel, filling in for Ross and Russ.

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