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

Chiahui ChenTaha ValizadehAslaniGail L RosenLaura M AndersonCarla R Jungquist
Published in: Journal of circadian rhythms (2020)
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.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • weight loss
  • healthcare
  • body mass index
  • sleep quality
  • adipose tissue
  • current status
  • fatty acid
  • patient reported outcomes