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Fitness, Hygiene, and Diet For a Long-Haul Trucker

Based on its research, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) says that obesity in trucking is rampant. In response to the research, the Associated Press notes that many truckers do not wear seat belts because their stomachs get in the way, about one in four have sleep apnea, and half of all truckers smoke, compared to about one-fifth of all Americans. All of these are risk factors for high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. According to a study by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 75% of truckers are overweight, and 25% are obese. Clearly, trucking poses a challenge for a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Martin Moore-Ede, a Toronto researcher, claims that truck drivers live ten to fifteen years less than the average North American male, who lives to 76.

The concern for lack of health and fitness among truckers even spawned a reality show on CMT called Trick my Trucker, where the driver gets a makeover and a guide for healthy living. Outside of landing on a reality show, is there anything a trucker can do to battle against a lifestyle that is not conducive to healthy living?

I fell in by CPO Bosun

Having sold our narrowboat Gleemaiden, it would seem rather churlish to continue a weblog of what we are doing and where we have been published under the sobriquet of a boat owned now by somebody else. So the adventures will continue, but will no doubt also be of a more eclective nature as the rather indefinitive name would or should suggest. Cheers!! I tried to bark, but got another mouth and noseful of canal water - its amazing what goes through your mind in these predicaments, For example the slits in the side of my (rather large) conk has nostrils that are absolutely tops when going on walks - they alert one of scents that a dog with only forrard nostrils would miss. But my oh my they let the water in - have you ever tried sneezing underwater? Well I have and I don't recommend it. For the past two and a half years, we have been living on a narrowboat and exploring the inland waterways. Having bought a house (again), we have settled down to more sedate things and have...