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Overview Of Package

Heavy vehicle drivers are considered an at-risk group regarding healthy eating habits, especially due to the limited food choices on the road [1].

A recent study found 70% of Australian drivers do not meet the national guidelines for a healthy and balanced diet [2].

Obesity in long-haul truck drivers in the United States is twice as prevalent (60%) than the rest of the adult population [3].

Comparatively, in Australia 90% of drivers have been found to be overweight and 60% obese, making obesity among truckies almost twice as prevalent as in the general population [4].

This package contains:

  • A generic overview of Toolbox Talk Discussion and how it can be applied to work driving safety, including a step by step process to assist team leaders/managers and facilitators to lead a Toolbox Talk discussion.

  • Aid for the promotion of discussion

  • Topic background information and fact sheet x3

  • Discussion prompt sheet

  • Participant attendance record sheet

  • Participant self-assessment sheet

  • Discussion review sheet

  • Healthy Eating poster

  • Supporting PowerPoint Slides

  • Healthy Eating Video Link (access video here or contact NRSPP to download)

Author Acknowledgement

This Toolbox Talk has been developed in collaboration with Jerome Carslake (NRSPP), Jennifer Rivera-Gonzalez (MUARC), Kyla Fantin (NRSPP Swinburne Intern 2021/22), Ruby Athanas (NRSPP Swinburne Intern 2021/22),  Tim Roberts (FleetStrategy).

Toolbox Talks Branding, marketing and promotional videos were completed by the Swinburne Design Bureau: Dr Shivani Tyagi (Communication Design Lecturer Swinburne and Director of Design Bureau), Kai Djeng (videos and editing), Emelia Cox (videos and editing), Amanda Wang (videos and editing) Lachlan Tobin (marketing and communications), Lauren Gualano (branding and logo design).

Toolbox Talks Steering Group includes: James Zarb (Viva Energy), Craig Beikoff (BINGO Industries), Jim Sarkis (BINGO Industries), Mark Noble (Holcim), Daniel Brain (Toll Group), Adam Ritzinger (Toll Group), Peter Johansson (Zurich), Steve Power (Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia), Mike Mulligan (Qube).

References

  1. K. Hamilton and M. S. Hagger, “Effects of Self-Efficacy on Healthy Eating Depends on Normative Support: a Prospective Study of Long-Haul Truck Drivers,” International Society of Behavioral Medicine, no. 25, pp. 265-270, 2017.
  2. Monash University, “Driving Health,” 2021. [Online]. Available: https://drivinghealth.net/research/.
  3. W. K. Sieber, C. F. Robinson, J. Birdsey, G. X. Chen, E. M. Hitchcock, J. E. Lincoln, A. Nakata and M. H. Sweeney, “Obesity and Other Risk Factors: The National Survey of U.S. Long-Haul Truck Driver Health and Injury,” American Journal of Industrial Medicine, no. 57, pp. 615-626, 2014.
  4. M. C. Sendall, L. K. McCosker, R. Ahmed and P. Crane, “Truckies’ Nutrition and Physical Activity: A Cross-sectional Survey in Queensland, Australia,” International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 145-150, 2019.
  5. C. Anderson PhD, S. Ftouni PhD, J. M. Ronda MS, S. M. W. Rajaratnam PhD, C. A. Czeisler PhD MD and S. W. Lockley PhD, “Self-reported Drowsiness and Safety Outcomes While Driving After an Extended Duration Work Shift in Trainee Physicians,” Sleep, vol. 41, no. 2, 2018.
  6. G. Heath, J. Dorrian and A. Coates, “Associations between shift type, sleep, mood, and diet in a group of shift working
    nurses,” Scand J Work Environ Health, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 402-412, 2019.
  7. E. Girotto, M. R. Loch, A. E. Mesas, A. D. González , C. M. Guidoni and S. M. de Andrade, “Unhealthy eating habits and associated risk factors among truck drivers,” Ciencia & saude coletiva, vol. 25, no. 3, 2020.
  8. Injury Matters, “What’s the best diet for truck drivers?,” [Online]. Available: https://www.injurymatters.org.au/maps/whats-the-best-diet-for-truck-drivers/.
  9. Health in Gear, “Eat Well,” [Online]. Available: https://healthingear.com.au/eat-well/.

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