Healthcare Shift Workers ’ Temporal Habits for Eating, Sleeping, and Light Exposure: A Multi-Instrument Pilot Study

Conclusion: This pilot study utilized primarily objective measurement to examine shift workers ’ habits outside the laboratory. Although no association between BMI and eating patterns/activity/sleep was observed across groups, a small, homogeneous sample may have influenced this. Overall, shift work was associated with 1) increased calorie intake and higher-fat and -carbohydrate diets and 2 ) sleep deprivation. A larger, more diverse sample can participate in future studies that objectively measure shift workers’ real-world habits. Published on 2020-10-21 10:20:23
Source: Journal of Circadian Rhythms - Category: Biology Source Type: research