because of lower fuel prices but food prices continue to soar. hannah miller has been to the yorkshire dales to hear about the impact of rising prices there. in the heart of the yorkshire dales, a town that is isolated but not at all insulated from the rising costs that continue to sweep across the country. almost every home in hawes is reliant on oil heating with cost of living payments for that not due until next month. hi, i m hannah. kath has taken to working seven days a week, but is still struggling to heat her home. you know, a full tank of oil at the moment, you re talking nearly £1,000 which, you know, is quite a lot of money. you know, many companies you have to pay upfront to get your oil, so if you don t have that money you literally can t fill your tank. that smells amazing. with food and drinks rising even faster than average, this jam factory has tried to make savings to protect customers from rising costs. how manyjars will we get out of this batch? probably get arou
getting at was that when we discovered, when we realised that smoking is dangerous, we stopped it happening in enclosed places, including workplaces. now we also know that sugar and other processed food is directly linked to a lot of health problems, like obesity and type two diabetes, so it would make sense to do what we can to reduce that in workplaces as well, and i think that is where she was aiming. i suppose it s a tough one, isn t it, because all of that make sense, but if someone brings a cake and because it is their birthday or someone has been working super hard and theyjust decide to reward the team and bring in packets of biscuits and cakes, we have all done it. no one is forced to eat them. it s there on the table and it s up to you to make your decision. you re absolutely right. to you to make your decision. you re absolutely right. it to you to make your decision. you re absolutely right. it usually i to you to make your decision. you re absolutely right. it usually
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we celebrate around food. weddings, celebrations and birthdays are focused around food, that s marvellous. that is that aspect which could be, you could use that quite usefully in the workplace. but what we are not taking into account is the psychology and our brain chemistry which we are also fighting against from a psychology perspective, social creatures, if it is the norm in the office to always have cake at a certain time, it is very difficult to not do that as well, we are social creatures. social influencing is a thing as well. we tend to deal what other people are doing so that we can fit in as part of the crowd, even if we think we are not being influenced by others, actually, we are. it is very difficult not to be, and also from the brain chemistry point of view, when we were evolving, our brains