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Bored Workers Turn to Unhealthy Habits

A new UK study found that office workers who are bored with their jobs are more likely than their happy counterpart to consume a greater amount of chocolate and coffee during the work day and then hit the bottle after work. According to MSNBC, about 25 percent of those polled reported being bored most of the time. We're betting people who are happy at their job are munching on cheese!

If you're reading this because you are bored at work, you are probably also munching on some chocolates and guzzling coffee, new research suggests. That after-work brew doesn't sound too bad either, does it?

New research on a small sample of office workers indicates that when bored at the office we look to munchies and caffeinated beverages to perk us up. Bored workers are also more likely to hit a bar once they punch the clock, said study researcher Sandi Mann, of the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom.

"We found that it's a mix between the demands of the job and the person's personality that contributes to if you are going to be bored or not," Mann said.

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