Nutritional status and eating habits of bus drivers during the day and night
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The aim of this study was to compare anthropometry and food intake patterns in bus drivers working during the day and night. One hundred and fifty males (81 night workers and 69 day workers) participated in the study. Dietary intake was assessed using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. Measurements of height, weight, waist circumference (WC), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, blood glucose, and lipid profile were obtained. A significant difference between groups was observed for mean WC (98.5 ± 10.7 cm in day workers versus 103.2 ± 9.7 cm in night workers; p = 0.005). Night workers had higher prevalence of being overweight and obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2)) than day workers (78.2% day workers versus 90.2% night workers; p = 0.004) and increased WC (>94 cm) (72.4% day workers versus 86.4% night workers; p = 0.03). Significant differences were found for meat consumption (2.3 servings ±0.9 for night workers versus 2.0 servings ±0.7 day workers, p = 0.04) and fruit intake (0.9 servings ±0.4 for night workers versus 0.7 servings for day workers ±0.5; p = 0.006). Night workers had a lower intake of vegetables than recommended compared to day workers (100 versus 92.7%, respectively, p = 0.01) and higher intake of oil (40.7 versus 24.6%, p = 0.03). Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated that night work was associated with being overweight (OR = 2.94, 95% IC: 1.14-7.66, p = 0.03) and abnormal values of WC (OR = 2.82, 95% IC: 1.20-6.69, p = 0.009) after adjusting for potential confounders. It is concluded that night workers had a higher prevalence and risk of being overweight/obese and increased WC compared with day workers. Night workers also presented a higher proportion of inappropriate intakes of food groups when compared to day workers, even though both groups were eating poor diets. These results demonstrate the need of lifestyle-intervention programs in these workers.
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“Interestingly, it appears that the amplitude of some of these rhythms is reduced in the obese, although this varies from study to study and by hormone (9,53) .”
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The relationship between food intake and circadian rhythms is often reciprocal: circadian systems can drive temporal changes in metabolic pathways and changes in metabolic pathways can alter core molecular components of circadian rhythms.
“It seems that the relationship between food intake and circadian rhythms are often reciprocal: circadian systems can drive temporal changes in metabolic pathways and changes in metabolic pathways can alter core molecular components of circadian rhythms (53) .”
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- Authors
- Balieiro, L. C. T., Rossato, L. T., Waterhouse, J., Paim, S. L., Mota, M. C., & Crispim, C. A.
- Affiliations
- Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (BR)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Crispim, Cibele Aparecida
- ORCID
- Venue
- Chronobiology International
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-09-18
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1123-1129
- ISSN
- 0742-0528 (ISSN-L)
- 1525-6073
- OpenAlex
- W2120363984
- Cited by
- 95
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 8.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chronobiology International (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Keywords
- night work, shift work, bus drivers, nutritional status, dietary habits, dietary intake, overweight, obesity, waist circumference, anthropometry, vegetable consumption, fruit consumption, meat consumption, lipid profile, blood pressure, lifestyle intervention
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Automobile Driving, Brazil, Circadian Rhythm, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Nutritional Status, Risk Factors, Work Schedule Tolerance, Prevalence, Occupational Health, Motor Vehicles, Overweight, Waist Circumference, Metabolome, Obesity, Abdominal
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