title: Alteration in eating habits among shift workers of a poultry processing plant in southern Brazil.
abstract: The relationship between shift work and the eatinghabits of workers was investigated in a slaughterhouse in southern Brazil. It involved a cross-sectional study with 1,206 workers of both sexes between 18 and 50 years of age. A standardized questionnaire was used to gather demographic, socioeconomic, work shift and eating habit information. The shift of work was categorized into daytime and nighttime, based on the starting and ending times of the shift. The eating habits of workers were evaluated as follows: number and type of meals eaten during the 24 hours of a normal day, the inappropriateness of the hoursof these meals and the dietaryrisk score. This was built on the risk score of the weekly consumption of 13 food items. After adjusting for potential confounders, non-Caucasian and younger male workers were more likely to manifest eating risk habits. Nighttimeshift workers consumed ahigher number of meals/day with greater inappropriateness of meal times than daytimeshift workers. The night shift can negatively influence the eating habits of workers of that shift.
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil, mtolinto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Elisângela da Silva
authors.initials: Eda S
authors.lastname: de Freitas
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos em Alimentação e Nutrição, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Canuto
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil, mtolinto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ruth Liane
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, Brasil.
authors.forename: Beatriz Anselmo
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Olinto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jamile Block Araldi
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Macagnan
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil, mtolinto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marcos Pascoal
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pattussi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Michelin
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Busnello
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil, mtolinto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Maria Teresa Anselmo
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Olinto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000072001:Diet, Healthy; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D019649:Food Industry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011200:Poultry; D012307:Risk Factors; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance; D055815:Young Adult