TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Obesity and other risk factors: The National Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health and Injury
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Sieber, W. Karl
A1  - Robinson, Cynthia F.
A1  - Birdsey, Jan
A1  - Chen, Guang X.
A1  - Hitchcock, Edward M.
A1  - Lincoln, Jennifer E.
A1  - Nakata, Akinori
A1  - Sweeney, Marie H.
SP  - 615
EP  - 626
VL  - 57
IS  - 6
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.22293
ID  - ref1
ER  -