On October 16th 2017, at the third edition of the World Food Day, 20 managers and entrepreneurs from companies counting more than 20.000 employees, joined the campaign Come to lunch at 1!, showing, by the power of personal example, that lunch break is not luxury, but a necessary habit for a healthy life.
Attending the event organized for the World Food Day, the companies’ representatives showed that lunch break is not only a method by which those who are active on the labor market take care of their health and energy, but also a social binder, as both aspects contribute to a better quality of life for the employees in Romania.
The project’s supporters – managers of famous companies such as Eurest Romania, Foodpanda, General Electric, Groupama Insurances, Ibis Hotels, Kaufland, Macromex, Marco Polo Cee, Mastercard, Mcguire Woods, Novotel, Romania Hypermarche (CORA), Romstal, Salad Box, Sanador, Smartree, UTA Romania – have invested, during the week between 18-22 September 2017, the necessary time for a lunch break away from the office and talked about their undertaking on the social media.
Moreover, representatives of the State institutions also attended the event: Diana Paun, State Counselor of the Presidency of Romania, Department of Public Health; representatives of the Ministry of Health: Secretary of State Corina Pop, Secretary of State Dan Dumitrescu; Undersecretary of State Octavian Alexandrescu ; Sebastian Radu, member of the Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies; Maria Gheorghiu, Cofounder of the OvidiuRo Association; Sorin Mierlea, Chairman of the InfoCons Association, as well as doctors and nutrition consultants: Dr. Alin Popescu, Dr. Anamaria Iulian, Dr. Diana Voican.