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Truckers' Health * USA - Danger on the Highways
Truckers moreover are the salt of the earth. Truck drivers, men and women , across the country are a vital cog in the wheel of the economyMooresville,NC,USA -trucker weekly.blogspot.com, by Jack Krohn -September 15, 2007: -- ... Interstate and intrastate commerce largely depends on the trucking industry to get goods from point A to point B. But they are jeopardizing their own lives and the lives of all on the roads with them... Their profession and resultant way of life leads to some very unhealthy eating habits, sedentary lifestyles-sitting most of the day while driving, and long hours resulting in poor sleeping patterns. They tend to be overweight just like most of their brethren in the rest of the country maybe even more so... All of these factors lead to pre diabetes, Syndrome X and sleep apnea and eventually to diabetes... The threat they pose of "sleep driving" or just falling asleep at the wheel is every bit as serious as an intoxicated driver and maybe more so. A study showed that people with sleep apnea were seven times more likely to have multiple car accidents... (Photo from dcguide.com)
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