Unhealthy eating: a new form of occupational hazard?
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
The poor diet of shift workers should be considered a new occupational health hazard, according to an editorial published in this month's PLoS Medicine. The editorial draws on previous work published in the journal, which showed an association between an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and rotating patterns of shift work in US nurses.