title: The relationship between night work and involuntary weight change: data from the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES 2010-2012).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous studies on the association between shift or night work and weight change have been focused on finding the risk of weight gain caused by shift or night work. In this study, we aimed to reveal the risk of weight gain and weight loss associated with night work by using a nationwide representative data.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was performed on 1605 full-time wage workers between the age of 20 and 69 based on the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES 2010-2012). The association between night work and involuntary weight change in the previous year was divided into the categories of weight gain and weight loss and studied with modifications in socio-demographic variables, health behavior-related variables, and occupational characteristic variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The participants working in night work accounted for 10.6 % of total study participants (male; 11.9 %, female 7.4 %). Workers who worked more than 48 hours per week on average accounted for 41.6 % of the total study participants (male; 46.3 %, female 29.1 %). Odds ratio (OR) of weight loss associated with night work in male workers was 0.34 (95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.16-0.76) after controlling for several related factors. OR of weight loss associated with night work in female workers with long working hours was 1.95 (95 % CI 0.47-80.86) and that of weight gain was 2.83 (95 % CI 0.12-69.83) after adjusting associated factors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this cross-sectional study with national representative sample, night work may lower the risk of weight loss in male workers and induce weight change (weight loss or weight gain) in female workers with long working hours. Therefore, future studies with cohort study design for night workers are needed to reveal the mechanisms and health effects of weight change associated with night work and establish proper management solutions with health and labor policies for Korean night workers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jongho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyunrim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sinye
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lim
keywords: KNHANES; Night work; Weight change
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