The Life of a Shift Worker – A MyShiftPlanner User’s Experience of Shift Work
Matt Jones2019-10-14T15:23:27+00:00One of our users sent us this painfully honest account of the issues he faces working shifts. He was happy for us to publish [...]
Shift Work and Public Holidays
Matt Jones2018-12-04T14:37:24+00:00If there is one thing that unites all workers around the world it’s the joy of a public holiday! Everybody Loves A Public Holiday! [...]
Superfood of the Month – Chocolate
Matt Jones2019-05-30T12:19:14+00:00As it’s Easter weekend, there could only be one superfood we championed this month – chocolate! It’s Easter Egg Time Again It’s quite likely that [...]
Are You Putting It Off? Procrastination is a significant problem for many shift workers
Matt Jones2019-05-30T12:20:30+00:00Find yourself constantly procrastinating at work? According to the latest studies, it might not be all your fault! Putting it off? You’re not alone [...]
Shift Workers and Sleep – Why We Just Can’t Get Enough!
Matt Jones2019-08-09T10:43:02+00:00It’s estimated that the average person spends up to a third of their lives asleep. But most shift workers aren’t getting anywhere near this [...]
Shift Workers and Eating Disorders
Matt Jones2020-06-15T13:48:50+00:00This week marks Eating Disorders Awareness Week. At a time when higher rates of obesity and ill-health have been found in shift workers than [...]
February Superfood of the Month – Pancakes
Matt Jones2023-02-20T16:37:21+00:00Can Pancakes Really be a Healthy Shift Work Superfood? It's nearly Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, the day when thousands of households around the [...]
January Superfood of the Month – Haggis!
Matt Jones2019-01-23T11:59:47+00:00This week, is the annual celebration of the life and work of the great Scottish Bard, Robert Burns. On January 25, Scots and people [...]
Night Shift Workers More Likely to Become Obese – Nurses Especially At Risk
Matt Jones2020-06-15T13:57:58+00:00Research published recently suggests that in the UK National Health Service (NHS) a quarter of nurses are obese, rising to almost half among those [...]
Superfood of the Month – Brussels Sprouts, the unsung superfood!
Matt Jones2019-12-16T17:25:08+00:00The seasonal Christmas vegetable that divides us like no other! Love them or loath them, at Christmas, it’s hard to get away from Brussels Sprouts. Let's [...]