ArticlePloS one2015
Association of Rotating Night Shift Work with BMI and Abdominal Obesity among Nurses and Midwives.
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- Night shift work exposure profile and obesity: Baseline results from a Chinese night shift worker cohort.PloS one · 2018Trial
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- Association of Night Shift Work and Related Risk Factors with Overweight and Obesity across Europe: The SHIFT2HEALTH Online Survey.Obesity facts · 2026Article
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- Nurse night shift work and risk of gastrointestinal cancers.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Association between work shifts, occupational stress, and abdominal obesity in female workers in Southern Brazil.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The relationship of job and life satisfaction with symptoms of anxiety, depression, and irritability/anger in nurses.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association between the weight-adjusted-waist index and circadian syndrome in findings from a nationwide study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Impact of Night Work on the Sleep and Health of Medical Staff-A Review of the Latest Scientific Reports.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Circadian dysfunction and cardio-metabolic disorders in humans.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- A comparative study of the effectiveness of self-management and group management on the amount of weight loss of nurses under low-calorie diet treatment: A simultaneous mixed-methods study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- A multifaceted assessment of the nutritional status, diet and eating habits of midwives working on a shift schedule in Wrocław, Poland: evaluation of macronutrients, vitamins and minerals in the diets of midwives participating in the study.International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMounting epidemiological evidence suggests that night shift work may contribute to the etiology of increased body weight. The present study aimed to examine association between rotating night shift work and body mass index (BMI), and abdominal adiposity respectively among nurses and midwives.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 724 female nurses and midwives, aged 40-60 years (354 rotating night shift and 370 daytime workers) in Łódź, Poland, between 2008 and 2011. Information about occupational history and potential confounders was collected during personal interviews. Anthropometric measurements of body weight, height, waist (WC) and hip (HC) circumference were made, and body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and waist to height ratio (WHtR) were calculated. GLM regression models and multinomial logit regression models were fitted to explore the association between night shift work and anthropometric parameters, with adjustment for age, body silhouette at age 20, current smoking status, packyears, marital status, and menopausal hormone therapy use.
resultsCumulative night shift work showed significant associations with BMI, WC, HC and WHtR, with BMI increasing by 0.477 kg/m2 per 1000 night duties and by 0.432 kg/m2 per 10000 night shift hours, WC increasing respectively by 1.089 cm and 0.99 cm, and HC by 0.72 cm and WHtR by 0.007 cm for both metrics. Both current and cumulative night work was associated with obesity (BMI≥30kg/m2), with OR=3.9 (95%CI:1.5-9.9), in women reporting eight or more night shifts per month.
conclusionThe results of the study support the previously reported relations between night shift work and development of obesity.
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