ReviewFood & nutrition research2018
The impact of worksite interventions promoting healthier food and/or physical activity habits among employees working 'around the clock' hours: a systematic review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of workplace wellness programmes for dietary habits, overweight, and cardiometabolic health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Lancet. Public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effectiveness of an integrated approach for workplace health promotion on lifestyle of employees: results of a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
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- Reciprocal relationship between intrinsic capacity and social activity influenced by gender in advanced middle-aged adults in South Korea.BMC public health · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review of Multimodal Frameworks for Assessing Health Vulnerability in Academicians Across Ergonomic, Lifestyle, and Dietary Domains.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Implementing a Mixed Health Service Model as an Informed Modality to Enhance Prevention and Promote Workplace Health in the Greek Regional Public Sector: A Pilot Study in Crete.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- An umbrella review of efficacy of digital health interventions for workers.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Individual and environmental factors influencing the dietary behaviour of healthcare workers during night shifts in the Netherlands: a qualitative study.Journal of nutritional science · 2025Article
- The implementation of an integrated workplace health promotion program in Dutch organizations - A mixed methods process evaluation.PloS one · 2024Article
- A longitudinal assessment of racial and ethnic inequities in food environment exposure and retail market concentration.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Assessing the Impact of Workforce Nutrition Programmes on Nutrition, Health and Business Outcomes: A Review of the Global Evidence and Future Research Agenda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- A study protocol of the adaptation and evaluation by means of a cluster-RCT of an integrated workplace health promotion program based on a European good practice.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Study design of PerfectFit@Night, a workplace health promotion program to improve sleep, fatigue, and recovery of night shift workers in the healthcare sector.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Workplace foodservice meals are associated with higher nutritional quality among adult Korean workers: a nationwide cross-sectional study.Nutrition research and practice · 2022Article
- Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in shift and non-shift workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Preventive medicine reports · 2021Review
- Short and Long-Term Innovations on Dietary Behavior Assessment and Coaching: Present Efforts and Vision of the Pride and Prejudice Consortium.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Impact of two ergonomics training on prevalence of upper and lower extremity complaints among nurses.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
- Adherence to dietary and physical activity guidelines among shift workers: associations with individual and work-related factors.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2020Article
- Health-Related Physical Fitness Benefits in Sedentary Women Employees after an Exercise Intervention with Zumba FitnessInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Energy, Nutrient and Food Intakes of Male Shift Workers Vary According to the Schedule Type but Not the Number of Nights Worked.Nutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
We conducted a systematic review of randomised studies on the impact of worksite interventions to promote healthier food and/or physical activity among people who work irregular hours 'around the clock', that is, outside of ordinary daytime working hours. The population-intervention-comparator-outcomes-study (PICOS) design format was used. Data sources were PubMed and CINAHL. An updated search was conducted on October 2017 using Google Scholar and the related articles function in PubMed on initially included studies to identify additional studies. Risk of bias was used to assess study quality. A total of seven studies (reports published in 14 papers) were included in the systematic review: Two interventions with a broader lifestyle approach, three focusing on physical exercise and two on providing healthier food or meal options. The studies had sample sizes from 30 to 1,000 and targeted a mixture of occupations, including both male- and female-dominated occupational groups. The interventions lasted from 2 to 12 months. Only one had an extended follow-up. In general, the studies showed small-to-moderate effect sizes on several measures, including dietary and/or physical activity measures, suggesting acceptable effectiveness for interventions involving community-level behaviour change. Our findings highlight a need to further develop and implement well-designed health promotion interventions with comparable outcome measures and effect size reports. A mixture of health promotion strategies is recommended for future practice in this target population, including individually tailored programmes, improving the food and physical activity environment and using broader lifestyle approaches including the use of participatory and empowerment strategies. While more research is needed in this field, the existing knowledge base on effective approaches awaits translation into practice.
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