Shift Related Dietary Intake in Day and Shift Workers

Lennernäs, Maria; Hambræus, Leif; Åkerstedt, Torbjörn

doi:10.1006/appe.1995.0060

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“…Subjects also noted the changes in their perception of eating habits when working night shifts and reported increasing dissatisfaction with their eating habits (23) . The findings of Lowden et al are supported by results from other cohort studies of shift workers (24)(25)(26) . A study in ninety-six male Swedish industrial workers found that energy intake and quality of food were not affected by shift work, but that the circadian distribution of food changed and coffee consumption increased (24) .…”

Section: Shift Workers Disease Risk and Dietary Patternsmentioning

confidence: 60%

Meal irregularity and cardiometabolic consequences: results from observational and intervention studies

2016

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Studying irregular meal patterns fits in with the latest research focusing not only on what people eat but also when they eat, also called chrono-nutrition. Chrono-nutrition involves studying the impact of nutrition on metabolism via circadian patterns, including three aspects of time: (ir)regularity, frequency and clock time. The present paper aimed to narratively review research on irregular meal patterns and cardiometabolic consequences. Only few cross-sectional studies and prospective cohort studies were identified, and most of these suggested that eating meals irregularly is associated with a higher risk of the metabolic syndrome and cardiometabolic risk factors, including BMI and blood pressure. This was supported by two randomised controlled intervention studies showing that consuming meals regularly for 2 weeks v. an irregular meal pattern, led to beneficial impact on cardiometabolic risk factors as lower peak insulin, lower fasting total and LDL-cholesterol, both in lean and obese women. In conclusion, the limited evidence on meal regularity and cardiometabolic consequences supports the hypothesis that consuming meals irregularly is adversely associated with cardiometabolic risk. However, it also highlights the need for more large-scale studies, including detailed dietary assessment to further advance the understanding of the impact of chrono-nutrition on public health.

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Section: Shift Workers Disease Risk and Dietary Patternsmentioning

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Meal irregularity and cardiometabolic consequences: results from observational and intervention studies

2016

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“…Other recent evidence suggests that shiftworkers take smaller amounts of energy and nutrients than day workers (13), although findings demonstrating changes in the circadian distribution of food intake, but not in total 24-hour consumption, have also been reported (14). Taken together, these results suggest that changed eating habits, and other life-style changes (including reduced exercise), among night shift workers may lead to increases in BMI, which, in turn, contribute to the higher levels of hypertension (15) and cardiovascular risk (16)(17)(18) associated with day-night shift work.…”

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Shift work and age as interactive predictors of body mass index among offshore workers

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2002

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…19 In particular, employees involved in shift working for more than 5 y had significantly higher BMI than those with no shift work experience. 19 Weight gain in shift workers has been explained by several mechanisms, such as higher calorie intake, 16 changes both in dietary habits (such as eating fewer meals and more snacks) and in the circadian distribution of food intake, 16,28,29 lower physical exercise, 16,30 and changes in sleeping habits. 16 Moreover, rotating shift work has been shown to increase the daily cortisol secretion 31 and to dissociate the cortisol circadian rhythm, with a progressive rise in cortisol levels during sleep (that is, normally, a resting phase).…”

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Effect of shift work on body mass index: results of a study performed in 319 glucose-tolerant men working in a Southern Italian industry

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OBJECTIVE:To examine the influence of shift work on metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors in subjects working in an industry sited in Apulia, Southern Italy. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of metabolic effects of shift work in glucose tolerant workers in a chemical industry in southern Italy. SUBJECTS: The subjects included 319 glucose tolerant male individuals, aged 35-60 y. MEASUREMENTS: Anthropometric parameters (body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)), fasting concentrations of glucose, insulin, and lipids (total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides), the sum of glucose levels during 75 g-oral glucose tolerance test (S-OGTT), and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP, respectively). RESULTS: The prevalence of obesity was higher among shift workers compared to day workers, whereas body fat distribution was not different between the two groups. Shift workers had higher BMI than day workers, and shift working was associated with BMI, independently of age and work duration. Shift workers had significantly higher SBP levels, which were independently influenced by BMI, but not by shift work, thus suggesting that the difference in SBP may well be mediated by the increased body fatness. CONCLUSION: In workers of an industry sited in Southern Italy, shift work may be directly responsible for increased body fatness and is indirectly associated with higher blood pressure levels and some features of metabolic syndrome.

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Shift Related Dietary Intake in Day and Shift Workers

Cited by 114 publications

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Meal irregularity and cardiometabolic consequences: results from observational and intervention studies

Meal irregularity and cardiometabolic consequences: results from observational and intervention studies

Shift work and age as interactive predictors of body mass index among offshore workers

Effect of shift work on body mass index: results of a study performed in 319 glucose-tolerant men working in a Southern Italian industry

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