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The purpose of this study was to evaluate meals and eating in one day for at least ten truck or lorry drivers. Another aim was to investigate the attitudes by the drivers to food and meals and their expectations on the meals. This is a qualitative study conducted in ten interviews, seven of which were over the phone. The interviews were semi-structured and took about twenty minutes for each driver. Data relating to the food choices for one day were collected and questions asked about their attitudes to food and meals were collected simultaneously. The drivers interviewed were all stationed in the lorry fleet in the Gävle area. The goal was to get as many drivers as possible working at night shifts than working at day shifts but the investigation eventually resulted in two more drivers who working day shifts. Six day drivers and four night drivers participated in this study, the loss regarding to the plan was two drivers. The over all result turned out that many drivers felt they couldn´t eat at those times when they wanted to eat mostly because of two reasons. The tight driving hours and driver's work schedule makes them unable to eat when and where they want to. There were very few drivers who really wanted to eat in their truck, but many could not control where to eat. Among the drivers who worked night shifts only one of four had breakfast which is in contrast to the drivers who worked during the day where everyone had breakfast. Drivers who worked nights ate fewer snacks and more candy than the drivers who worked during the day. Among those who worked at night no one ate regularly throughout the day when they were free as opposed to the second group, where four out of six day drivers ate at regular intervals. Conclusions from the study were in general fewer snacks and no breakfast among night drivers which may be one reason for that they ate more sweets during the test days. Night work seems to make it more difficult for the drivers in this study to eat regularly and get the recommended amount of fruit or vegetables which is 500 gram daily. Many drivers who worked during the day reached the recommended 500 g of fruit or vegetables per day. Keywords: Lorry driver, truck driver, attitudes, eating

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Tomas Halling

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Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för arbets- och folkhälsovetenskap

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