People should not take cakes in to the office, suggests food watchdog chief

Food Standards Agency chairwoman likened culture to passive smoking, and said offices should be a ‘supportive environment’

The head of a food watchdog has suggested people should not bring cake into the office for the sake of their colleagues’ health.

Prof Susan Jebb, chairwoman of the Food Standards Agency, also lamented that the advertising of junk food is “undermining people’s free will”.