Work Characteristics, Body Mass Index, and Risk of Obesity: The National Quality of Work Life Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine work characteristics in relation to body mass index (BMI) and risk of obesity.

Methods

We analyzed data from 1150 participants working 20+ h week-1 from the 2014 National NIOSH Quality of Work Life Survey, based on a representative sample of US workers. We used multiple linear regression for BMI and multiple logistic regression for obesity to estimate associations with 19 different work characteristics plus one set of occupational categories controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, marital status, job physical exertion, and television watching.

Results

We found significant positive linear associations between BMI and night shift (versus day shift) schedule (B = 2.28, P = 0.008) and blue-collar (versus management/professional) work

SUBMITTER: Myers S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8244120 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature