A systematic review of trucking food, physical activity, and tobacco environments and tractor-trailer drivers’ related patterns and practices in the United States and Canada, 1993–2021

Rethinking Efforts to Improve Dietary Patterns Among Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Transforming Truck Stop Retail Food Environments Through Upstream Change

“…Thus, these settings warrant greater attention to understand how they promote or inhibit the health of trucking populations. 2 Previous, yet limited, research has shown reduced accessibility of foods and beverages aligned with dietary guidance in these settings. 2 Many truck stops are akin to convenience stores and quick-service restaurants, which are known from the broader food environment literature to be replete with nutritionally-poor options and implicated in obesity.…”

“…2 Previous, yet limited, research has shown reduced accessibility of foods and beverages aligned with dietary guidance in these settings. 2 Many truck stops are akin to convenience stores and quick-service restaurants, which are known from the broader food environment literature to be replete with nutritionally-poor options and implicated in obesity. 8 Altogether, working condition and work organization exposures, combined with reliance on truck stop RFEs characterized by highly marketed, low-cost, and energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods and beverages, constitute environmental barriers to achieving a healthy diet among truck drivers, which adversely impacts health.…”

“…1-4 Although truck driver nutrition education has been a primary target for health promotion efforts, it is our contention that upstream initiatives targeting truck stop food environments should be a higher priority to generate population-level improvements in dietary patterns. 2…”

Unravelling the Complexity of Irregular Shiftwork, Fatigue and Sleep Health for Commercial Drivers and the Associated Implications for Roadway Safety

“…Previous research has linked multiple lifestyle and work-related factors typically experienced by CMV drivers to chronic comorbidities [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 ]. Drivers function daily in environments that present challenges for healthy behaviors—including truck stops, fleet terminals, shipping and receiving warehouses, and truck cabins—where it is often difficult to find facilities and space for recommended exercise and healthy eating options [ 8 , 11 , 12 , 21 , 22 ]. Thus, CMV drivers tend to lead sedentary lifestyles [ 23 ] and may be complacent or inattentive toward healthy behaviors.…”

Arbeitsplatzbezogene Gesundheitsbelastungen am Beispiel von Lastkraftwagenfahrer/innen im Fernverkehr

“…In einer Befragung von Lastkraftwagenfahrer/innen aus dem Jahr 2002 wurde Müdigkeit als häufigste Gesundheitsstörung genannt [73], was in einer weiteren Untersuchung bestätigt wurde [48]. In einem aktuellen Review [29] werden außerdem eine schlechte Qualität der Ernährung, Bewegungsmangel und eine hohe Prävalenz des Rauchens als verhaltensinduzierte Gesundheitsrisiken benannt. Zudem sei diese Berufssparte noch nicht komplett analysiert.…”