Eating behaviour and weight development of European and Asian seafarers during stay on board and at home.
Felix Alexander NeumannLukas BelzDorothee DenglerVolker HarthThomas von MünsterJoachim WestenhöferMarcus OldenburgBirgit-Christiane ZyriaxPublished in: Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) (2021)
Both, home and working on board merchant ships, represent very different living environments which may affect seafarers' lifestyle and eating habits in various ways and thus could favour or inhibit weight gain. From our results, it appears that the body weight and eating habits of Asian seafarers in particular are adversely affected by the working and living conditions on board. Further prospective studies are required to prove this hypothesis.