shift work Archives - Life Science Review

26 April 202026 April 2020

Night time eating may increase post-prandial lipid levels thereby increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease for shift workers

In April 2019 researchers from Australia published their review of the medical scientific literature to assess the effect of eating a meal at night compared with the same meal eaten … Read more

11 January 202011 January 2020

Night-shift work is associated with poorer glycaemic control in patients with diabetes type 2

In December 2017 researchers from Thailand and the USA published the results of their study to assess whether night-shift workers with type 2 diabetes experience poorer glycaemic control than non-shift … Read more

5 April 20195 January 2020

Working the night shift may result in a significant increase in calories, protein, carbohydrates, total fat, saturated fat, and calcium being consumed

In February 2019 researchers from Israel published the results of their study to compare dietary intake during a day shift and during a night shift in 132 female nurses who … Read more

31 March 20195 January 2020

Dietary interventions for shift workers should consider the role of mood as well as shift type

In February 2019 researchers from Australia published the results of their study to assess the relationship between shift work, sleep, mood, and diet. 52 nurses who worked shifts (46 female, … Read more

31 March 20195 January 2020

Greater “eveningness” and shorter sleep duration whilst working a day shift appear to be associated with a higher incidence of depressive symptoms in rotating shift workers

In March 2017 researchers from Japan published the results of their study to assess the association between depressive symptoms and morningness-eveningness (ie the degree to which people prefer to be … Read more