ArticleIndustrial health2017
The impact of meal timing on performance, sleepiness, gastric upset, and hunger during simulated night shift.
Article in Industrial health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03698123 (Performance Nutrition for Residents and Fellows Working Overnight Shifts), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Performance Nutrition for Residents and Fellows Working Overnight Shifts: A Pilot Study
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Nutrition Interventions for Shift Workers, With Subgroup Analysis of First Responder Populations.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Pooled it
- Differences between fixed day shift workers and rotating shift workers in gastrointestinal problems: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Industrial health · 2021Pooled it
- The relationship between alertness and spatial attention under simulated shiftwork.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Subjective Hunger, Gastric Upset, and Sleepiness in Response to Altered Meal Timing during Simulated Shiftwork.Nutrients · 2019Trial
- Gastrointestinal Symptoms and the Assessment of Diet in Shift Workers: A Systematic Scoping Review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- The Effect of 24 h Shift Work on the Nutritional Status of Healthcare Workers: An Observational Follow-Up Study from Türkiye.Nutrients · 2024Observational
- The effects of fasting compared to eating a meal or snack during simulated night shift on changes in metabolism associated with circadian misalignment: a protocol and methods paper.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2024Article
- Impact of Nighttime Food Consumption and Feasibility of Fasting during Night Work: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Longitudinal Study on the Effect of Onboard Service on Seafarers' Health Statuses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Macronutrient intake and alertness during night shifts - the time interval matters.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Fasting diets: what are the impacts on eating behaviors, sleep, mood, and well-being?Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Slim larks and overweight owls? A two years dietary intervention in shift workers.Industrial health · 2022Article
- Dietary Drivers and Challenges of Australian Breast Cancer Survivors: A Qualitative Study.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- The association between eating frequency with alertness and gastrointestinal complaints in nurses during the night shift.Journal of sleep research · 2021Observational
- The Effect of Night Duty of Pharmacists on Sleepiness and Concentration at Daytime.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Brain's Reward System in Health and Disease.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2021Article
- The Future of Shift Work: Circadian Biology Meets Personalised Medicine and Behavioural Science.Frontiers in nutrition · 2020Review
- Shift rotation, circadian misalignment and excessive body weight influence psychomotor performance: a prospective and observational study under real life conditions.Scientific reports · 2019Observational
- Working against the biological clock: a review for the Occupational Physician.Industrial health · 2019Review
- The factors influencing the eating behaviour of shiftworkers: what, when, where and why.Industrial health · 2019Review
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Abstract
This study examined the impact of eating during simulated night shift on performance and subjective complaints. Subjects were randomized to eating at night (n=5; 23.2 ± 5.5 y) or not eating at night (n=5; 26.2 ± 6.4 y). All participants were given one sleep opportunity of 8 h (22:00 h-06:00 h) before transitioning to the night shift protocol. During the four days of simulated night shift participants were awake from 16:00 h-10:00 h with a daytime sleep of 6 h (10:00 h-16:00 h). In the simulated night shift protocol, meals were provided at ≈0700 h, 1900 h and 0130 h (eating at night); or ≈0700 h, 0930 h, 1410 h and 1900 h (not eating at night). Subjects completed sleepiness, hunger and gastric complaint scales, a Digit Symbol Substitution Task and a 10-min Psychomotor Vigilance Task. Increased sleepiness and performance impairment was evident in both conditions at 0400 h (p<0.05). Performance impairment at 0400 h was exacerbated when eating at night. Not eating at night was associated with elevated hunger and a small but significant elevation in stomach upset across the night (p<0.026). Eating at night was associated with elevated bloating on night one, which decreased across the protocol. Restricting food intake may limit performance impairments at night. Dietary recommendations to improve night-shift performance must also consider worker comfort.
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