期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2014
卷号：21
期号：1
页码：128-131
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Introduction. Shift-work determinates irregular nutrition habits. The quality as well as the quantity of meals consumed byshift-workers can significantly affects their health.Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the dietary habits of people performing shift work in the Bogdanka mine.Material and Methods. The study was carried out in the Bogdanka mine in Leczna. The questionnaire, which was designedby the author of this dissertation, was conducted among 700 shift-workers, working underground. The results were subjectedto statistical analysis based on STATISTICA v. 7.1 (StatSoft, Poland) software.Results. Nearly half of respondents reported regular consumption of meals (40.0%) Interviewees admitted having warmmeals during the day (81.4%). The most frequently consumed meal during the day was the hot one (50.9%), three meals andmore were consumed the least frequently (8.1%). Almost half of respondents considered their eating habits as inappropriate(46.3%). Among those, nearly half (68.2%) stated that shift – work is the reason for their nutrition habits. More than half ofrespondents (66.0%) admitted that shift work hampers regular consumption of meals.Conclusions. Shift work makes nourishment and regular consumption difficult. It contributes to the limited amount ofwarm meals eaten during the day. In order to maintain preventive health care and the improvement of quality of life, shiftworkers should be provided with an easier access to meals (including warm one) at specified times of the day.
