Meals, snacks and food choices in Brazilian shift workers with high energy expenditure

Assis, Maria Alice Altenburg de; Nahas, Markus Vinicius; Bellisle, F.; Kupek, Emil

doi:10.1046/j.1365-277x.2003.00448.x

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“…una alimentación saludable [24][25][26] , existiendo experiencias exitosas en ese sentido. La mitad de los encuestados sustituye la comida por una once, lo que implica no incorporar frutas y verduras en la noche, dificultando el cumplimiento de las guías alimentarias.…”

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Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile

Ratner¹,

Sabal²,

Hernández³

et al. 2008

Rev. méd. Chile

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Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile

Ratner¹,

Sabal²,

Hernández³

et al. 2008

Rev. méd. Chile

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“…Several studies have suggested that shift workers have poorer dietary behaviors than day workers (11,12). During irregular shifts, shift workers tend to eat a larger number Shift work and diet of small meals and eat more at irregular times (13,14). As to their usual diet, shift workers seem to consume more high-energy snacks and sugars than day workers (14)(15)(16)(17).…”

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“…Most of these studies also lacked adjustment for major confounders, such as age (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). Another important drawback is that the available studies focused on single nutrients or foods (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). For a comprehensive evaluation of differences in dietary intake, it is important to study dietary patterns because different nutrients and foods have additive and synergistic interactions (25).…”

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Shift workers have a similar diet quality but higher energy intake than day workers

Hulsegge¹,

Boer²,

Beek³

et al. 2016

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Shift workers have a similar diet quality but higher energy intake than day workers by Hulsegge G, Boer JMA, van der Beek AJ, Verschuren WMM, Sluijs I, Vermeulen R, Proper KI Shift workers, particularly those with five or more night shifts, had a higher energy intake than day workers but similar diet quality. A higher energy intake among shift workers may contribute to shift work-induced adverse health outcomes. If confirmed in future studies, those adverse health outcomes may be alleviated by measures aimed at decreasing energy intake among shift workers. Objective Shift work is associated with adverse health outcomes, and an unhealthy diet may be a contributing factor. We compared diet quantity and quality between day and shift workers, and studied exposure-response relationships regarding frequency of night shifts and years of shift work. AffiliationMethods Cross-sectional general population data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Netherlands (EPIC-NL) cohort was used. Dietary intake was assessed in 1993-1997 among adults aged 20-70 years using a food frequency questionnaire. We calculated energy intake, the Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) and WHO-based Healthy Diet Indicator (HDI). In 2011-2014, we retrospectively identified 683 shift workers and 7173 day workers in 1993-1997. Using multivariable-adjusted linear regression analysis, we estimated regression coefficients (β) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) of the differences in dietary intake between day and shift workers.Results Shift workers had a higher energy intake than day workers (β:56 kcal/d, 95% CI 10-101), and a higher consumption of grains, dairy products, meat and fish (P<0.05). The difference in energy intake was largest for shift workers with ≥5 night shifts/month. They consumed 103 kcal/d (95% CI 29-176) more than day workers.No associations were found with MDS and HDI.Conclusion Shift workers and particularly those with a high frequency of night shifts had a higher energy intake than day workers. Regardless of number of night shifts and years of shift work, shift workers had similar diet quality as day workers. This suggests that increased energy intake among shift workers may contribute to shift work-induced adverse health outcomes.

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“…One of the recent reviews identified 20 studies till date examining eating behaviors among night shift workers in comparison to day or afternoon shift workers [54]. Some of them addressed meals frequency and time of the last meal [21,[55][56][57]. Similarly to our results no change in the meal frequency was reported in the early study night shift workers than among these working only during the days [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]33], with moderately increased odds ratios for current smo king, up to OR = 1.59 among nurses working night shifts in the US [18].…”

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Night shift work and modifiable lifestyle factors

Pepłońska¹,

Burdelak²,

Krysicka³

et al. 2014

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Objectives: Night shift work has been linked to some chronic diseases. Modification of lifestyle by night work may partially contribute to the development of these diseases, nevertheless, so far epidemiological evidence is limited. The aim of the study was to explore association between night shift work and lifestyle factors using data from a cross-sectional study among blue-collar workers employed in industrial plants in Łódź, Poland. Material and Methods: The anonymous questionnaire was self-administered among 605 employees (236 women and 369 men, aged 35 or more) -434 individuals currently wor king night shifts. Distribution of the selected lifestyle related factors such as smoking, alcohol drinking, physical activity, body mass index (BMI), number of main meals and the hour of the last meal was compared between current, former, and never night shift workers. Adjusted ORs or predicted means were calculated, as a measure of the associations between night shift work and lifestyle factors, with age, marital status and education included in the models as covariates. Results: Recreational inactivity (defined here as less than one hour per week of recreational physical activity) was associated with current night shift work when compared to never night shift workers (OR = 2.43, 95% CI: 1.13-5.22) among men. Alcohol abstinence and later time of the last meal was associated with night shift work among women. Statistically significant positive relationship between night shift work duration and BMI was observed among men (p = 0.029). Conclusions: This study confirms previous studies reporting lower exercising among night shift workers and tendency to increase body weight. This finding provides important public health implication for the prevention of chronic diseases among night shift workers. Initiatives promoting physical activity addressed in particular to the night shift workers are recommended.

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Meals, snacks and food choices in Brazilian shift workers with high energy expenditure

Abstract: Different work schedules did not affect the relative frequency of meal types and snacks or their contribution to daily energy intake, but affected the daily distribution of eating events, with a redistribution of intake from day to night in night shift workers.

Cited by 69 publications

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Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile

Estilos de vida y estado nutricional de trabajadores en empresas públicas y privadas de dos regiones de Chile

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Night shift work and modifiable lifestyle factors

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