Does higher energy intake explain weight gain and increased metabolic risks among shift workers?

Incidence of metabolic syndrome among night-shift healthcare workers.

OBJECTIVE Night-shift work is associated with ischaemic cardiovascular disorders. It is not currently known whether it may be causally linked to metabolic syndrome (MS), a risk condition for ischaemic cardiovascular disorders. The syndrome presents with visceral obesity associated with mild alterations in glucidic and lipidic homeostasis, and in blood pressure. The aim of this study was to asse...

Adolescent Metabolic Syndrome Risk Is Increased with Higher Infancy Weight Gain and Decreased with Longer Breast Feeding

Background. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome is increasing in pediatric age groups worldwide. Meeting the criteria for the metabolic syndrome puts children at risk for later cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Methods. Using linear regression, we examined the association between infant weight gain from birth to 3 months and risk for the metabolic syndrome among 16- to 17-year-old Chilean ...

sleep quality and restless legs syndrome among healthcare workers: shift workers and non-shift workers

background and objective : restless legs syndrome (rls) is a sleep disorder with an association to sleep quality. we investigated the sleep quality in patients with rls among health-care workers with or without shift work. materials and methods : all female health-care workers (n = 540) in four educational hospitals were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. international rls study group (irl...

Does weight gain lead to weight loss?

An objective estimate of energy intake during weight gain using the intake-balance method.

BACKGROUND Estimates of energy intake (EI) in humans have limited validity. OBJECTIVE The objective was to test the accuracy and precision of the intake-balance method to estimate EI during weight gain induced by overfeeding. DESIGN In 2 studies of controlled overfeeding (1 inpatient study and 1 outpatient study), baseline energy requirements were determined by a doubly labeled water study ...