RELATIONS AMONG NIGHT WORK, DIETARY HABITS, BIOLOGICAL MEASURES, AND HEALTH-STATUS

A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate dietary intake, b ehavioral habits, and clinical and metabolic differences in night work ers compared to day workers and to evaluate the metabolic differences associated with diet and body habitus that occur between these two gro ups. Dietary habits, biological parameters, and health status were col lected in 1,200 night workers and in an equal number of day workers, m atched for gender, age, and socioeconomic status. Our findings demonst rated that night workers had poorer dietary habits and metabolic profi les compared to day workers with a similar overall health status. Thes e differences were associated with a higher prevalence of some cardiov ascular risk factors such as smoking and obesity.