Season 5

CONTENT AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Shift workers comprises 13-27% of the workforce population in developed countries. Research shows that shift workers have a greater risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease compared to their day-working counterparts.

Shift work may encompass rotating schedules of regular night and day work, irregular schedules, and permanent night shift work. This pattern poses distinct challenges to eating patterns and workers’ health.

The increased health risk for night shift workers indicates a need to invest in lifestyle interventions aimed at preventing or managing disease risk for this vital workforce.

In this Journal Club session, we’ll discuss a mixed-methods systematic review to understand the evidence for weight management interventions in night shift workers

This session covers:

• What a systematic mixed-methods review is
• How to evaluate data from a mixed-methods systematic review and appreciate limitations
• Identification and mapping of barriers and enablers of weight management in night shift workers

Expert speaker

Dr Rachel Gibson​
Senior Lecturer in Dietetics

@DrRachelG

Dr Rachel Gibson is UK Registered Dietitian and Senior Lecturer in Dietetics at King’s College London. Rachel’s research is focused on workplace diet and health. Rachel is the Chair of the Nutrition Society Workplace, Diet and Health Special Interest Group and member of the British Dietetic Association Work Ready Steering group.

Paper reference

Davis C, Huggins CE, Kleve S, Leung GKW, Bonham MP. Conceptualizing weight management for night shift workers: A mixed-methods systematic review. Obes Rev. 2024;25(2):e13659. doi:10.1111/obr.13659 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13659

About Journal Club Chair, Dr Pippa Gibson RNutr PhD

@drpippagibson

Each Journal Club session is chaired by Dr Pippa Gibson. 
Pippa gained her BSc from the University of Surrey, before returning to complete her PhD where she studied the role of vitamin D on the progression of paediatric liver disease. After graduating Pippa moved to King’s College London as a post-doctoral research associate investigating the role of interesterified fats on cardiometabolic health before moving into the gastrointestinal health team investigating the role of dietary compounds on constipation and functional bloating. Pippa left academia for industry and joined a contract catering company, Accent Catering, as Head of Nutrition, primarily working in nutrition education in schools to promote healthy messages across all ages. Pippa has recently moved the The British Nutrition Foundation as a Senior Nutrition Scientist where she engages with industry members to help improve the nutritional portfolio of the member companies. You can find some of Pippa’s work on the MyNutriWeb pages as she regularly contributes to the MyNutriWeb blogs.

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