WP 1
WP1 Lifestyle & Behaviour
Focus on lifestyle factors relating to the development of obesity in shift workers compared to non-shift workers.
To understand obesity risk in shift workers, we use...
- Quantitative methods → Online survey
- Qualitative methods → Focus groups with shift workers & managers
- Cross-sectional study → Interlinked with WP2 (clinicaltrials.gov ID: NCT06288568)
The SHIFT2HEALTH online survey metadata codebook and questionnaire are openly available on Zenodo, highlighting SHIFT2HEALTH's commitment to open science. The dataset includes metadata derived from a large cross-national survey conducted across eight European countries (Austria, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain).
Findings of WP1:
- First publication from the online survey: Night shift work and dietary behaviors: a comparative analysis of European night shift and day workers from the SHIFT2HEALTH online survey