@article{ref1,
title="Obesity and other risk factors: The National Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health and Injury",
journal="American journal of industrial medicine",
year="2014",
author="Sieber, W. Karl and Robinson, Cynthia F. and Birdsey, Jan and Chen, Guang X. and Hitchcock, Edward M. and Lincoln, Jennifer E. and Nakata, Akinori and Sweeney, Marie H.",
volume="57",
number="6",
pages="615-626",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Drivers of heavy and tractor-trailer trucks accounted for 56% of all production and nonsupervisory employees in the truck transportation industry in 2011. There are limited data for illness and injury in long-haul truck drivers, which prompted a targeted national survey.   METHODS: Interviewers collected data during 2010 from 1,670 long-haul truck drivers at 32 truck stops across the 48 contiguous United States that were used to compute prevalence estimates for self-reported health conditions and risk factors.   RESULTS: Obesity (69% vs. 31%, P < 0.01) and current smoking (51% vs. 19%, P < 0.01) were twice as prevalent in long-haul truck drivers as in the 2010 U.S. adult working population. Sixty-one percent reported having two or more of the risk factors: hypertension, obesity, smoking, high cholesterol, no physical activity, 6 or fewer hours of sleep per 24-hr period.   CONCLUSION: Survey findings suggest a need for targeted interventions and continued surveillance for long-haul truck drivers. Am. J. Ind. Med. 9999: XX:XXX-XXX, 2014. Published 2014. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0271-3586",
doi="10.1002/ajim.22293",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22293"
}