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- Title
Rethinking Efforts to Improve Dietary Patterns Among Long-Haul Truck Drivers: Transforming Truck Stop Retail Food Environments Through Upstream Change.
- Authors
Lemke, Michael Kenneth; Houghtaling, Bailey; Winkler, Megan R.; Hege, Adam
- Abstract
A multitude of upstream occupational exposures influence poor dietary patterns that contribute to cardiometabolic health disparities among long-haul truck drivers in the United States. Herein, we delineate the unique characteristics of the truck driving profession that shape dietary patterns. Next, we discuss current health promotion efforts and why they are unlikely to be sufficient for improving population-level dietary patterns. We then advocate for prioritizing health promotion efforts that target upstream factors that influence population dietary patterns and have the potential to holistically and sustainably support drivers' nutrition. Finally, we propose novel research directions to catalyze upstream-oriented health promotion efforts.
- Subjects
TRUCK drivers; TRUCK stops; TRUCK driving; HEALTH promotion; HEALTH equity
- Publication
American Journal of Health Promotion, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 6, p755
- ISSN
0890-1171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08901171231155050