Continuing our mini-Christmas sabbatical from serious business, yet again Science has asked an important question. And, yet again Science has the answer – chocolates don’t survive very long on medical wards.
In the BMJ’s annual Christmas collection, this “covert” observational study evaluated the median time Cadbury Roses and Nestle Quality Street chocolates survived from their arrival on the wards. The boxes were opened within an average of 12 minutes, and were half-consumed within 2 hours. Roses appeared to be preferred to Quality Street, based on median survival time.
Important science; previously known as Sweet Consumption of Famished Faculty – a Limited Observational Trial; SCOFF-A LOT.
“The survival time of chocolates on hospital wards: covert observational study”
http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f7198