The Negative Impact of Night Shifts on Diet in Emergency Healthcare Workers

Despite the consequences of night-shift work, the diet of night-shift workers has not been widely studied. To date, there are no studies related to food intake among emergency healthcare workers (HCWs). We performed a prospective observational study to assess the influence of night work on the diet...

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Published in:	Nutrients Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 829
Main Authors:	Bouillon-Minois, Jean-Baptiste, Thivel, David, Croizier, Carolyne, Ajebo, Éric, Cambier, Sébastien, Boudet, Gil, Adeyemi, Oluwaseun John, Ugbolue, Ukadike Chris, Bagheri, Reza, Vallet, Guillaume T, Schmidt, Jeannot, Trousselard, Marion, Dutheil, Frédéric
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 16-02-2022 MDPI
Subjects:	Carbohydrates Circadian Rhythm Cognitive science Diet Eating behavior Eating disorders Emergencies Energy Energy Intake Fatty acids Food Food intake Gender Health care Health Personnel Human health and pathology Humans Life Sciences Lipids Marital status Meals Medical personnel Night shifts Nutrients Nutrition research prevention Psychology public health quality of life Questionnaires Santé publique et épidémiologie Shift work Sociodemographics Software Water consumption well-being work Work Schedule Tolerance well-being quality of life work prevention public health nutrients Prevention Work Nutrients Well-being Public health Quality of life
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Summary:	Despite the consequences of night-shift work, the diet of night-shift workers has not been widely studied. To date, there are no studies related to food intake among emergency healthcare workers (HCWs). We performed a prospective observational study to assess the influence of night work on the diet of emergency HCWs. We monitored 24-h food intake during a day shift and the consecutive night, and during night work and the daytime beforehand. We analyzed 184 emergency HCWs' food intakes. Emergency HCWs had 14.7% lower (-206 kcal) of their 24-h energy intake during night shifts compared to their day-shift colleagues (1606.7 ± 748.2 vs. 1400.4 ± 708.3 kcal, = 0.049) and a 16.7% decrease in water consumption (1451.4 ± 496.8 vs. 1208.3 ± 513.9 mL/day, = 0.010). Compared to day shifts, night-shift had 8.7% lower carbohydrates, 17.6% proteins, and 18.7% lipids. During the night shift the proportion of emergency HCWs who did not drink for 4 h, 8 h and 12 h increased by 20.5%, 17.5%, and 9.1%, respectively. For those who did not eat for 4 h, 8 h and 12 h increased by 46.8%, 27.7%, and 17.7%, respectively. A night shift has a huge negative impact on both the amount and quality of nutrients consumed by emergency healthcare workers.
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ISSN:	2072-6643 2072-6643
DOI:	10.3390/nu14040829