Shift work could cause increased health implications

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Monday, 31 October 2016 12:43

Skipping meals, a lack of physical activity and insufficient sleep were the most common reported behaviours.

That's according to a recent study from safefood.

1 in 3 shift workers were smokers, a rate significantly higher than those in the general population.

Principal Investigator Professor Barbara Livingstone of the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE) at Ulster University said: “For this research we looked at existing studies in this area as well as surveying more than 1,000 people to better understand the factors that influence their food and related lifestyle habits while working shift hours.

"What’s noticeable from the research is how skipping meals, inadequate physical activity and insufficient sleep are commonly noted by shift workers as behaviours that impact upon them.