Workers more positive if they eat outside the office, study finds about their work, according to a new study. * Farmers, forestry workers and fishermen happier than the rest of * Walking back to happiness for Marks & Spencer? Going to a work cafe had next to no effect on workers' “happiness people's emotional wellbeing and attitudes towards work. University of Sussex scientists measured workers' happiness eating They then assigned a happiness index score to each location. On average, when workers ate at the beach their happiness increased by a score of 17.04, while eating at their desk caused their happiness greatest increase in happiness. "People who ate lunch at the work cafe essentially had no change in happiness after lunch. Eating lunch at a work desk may actually make increase in association between happiness and work. "Eating lunch at a work desk or work cafe decreased associations between happiness and work." even if only occasionally, in a bid raise happiness and productivity