Automating Pro-Health Behaviors Among Workers a Large Corporations Using the Services of Diet Catering

Abstract Proper nutrition along with physical activity promote health and well-being, affect the mental balance of a person, his perception of reality and interpersonal relationships. Automating pro-health behaviors affects behaviors that do not require large amounts of psychoenergetic resources, thus accumulating energy for other life processes. The aim of this article is to analyze the eating behavior and physical activity among employees of corporations with diet based on an externally supplied box diet which is make on their own nutritional choices (they use diet catering meals). The empirical study covered clients of enterprises offering dietary catering. An individual in-depth interview was used as a qualitative research technique. The conclusion to be drawn from the conducted empirical study is that people using externally supplied box diets do not develop healthy eating habits. In the periods when they eat independently, in most cases they do not pay attention to the health, regularity and caloric content of the consumed meals.