Eric Pascal Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Functional food; Eating disorder, Food , Nutrition, Obesity; Overweight
Service of Occupational Medicine - Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
Specialization in Food and Nutrition, Food Microbiology, Processing and Preservation, Food Engineering, Food Quality, Safe and has published articles entitled “Prevalence of Overweight and Eating Disorder Risk of Hospital Night Staff at Rouen University Hospital”.
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Laetitia Rollin, Eric Pascal, Sébastien Grigioni, Pierre Dechelotte, Jean-François Gehanno and Vanessa Folope
Introduction: Night shift work can disturb the biological rhythm of employees and can lead to sleep digestive and nutritional disorders as well as onset of overweight. We studied the prevalence of nutritional disorders among the night shift staff of a university hospital. Methods: Staff were proposed an anonymous questionnaire including items on: socio-demographics, physical activity, nutrition (BMI, snacking, hyperphagia, weight change with duration of night shift and screening risk of eating disorder (ED) with F-SCOFF questionnaire); sleepiness (EPWORTH questionnaire); and smoking status. Results: Four hundred and nineteen (57.4%) night shift workers answered the questionnaire. More 90% were women and nearly half of them were nurses (47%). One hundred and forty-six (36.6%) had weight ... view moreĀ»