Keywords:
sleep, diseases and work, employees, diet, Zone Diet
Abstract
Sleep is essential for people's health and well-being, contributing not only to the restoration of their energy and the consolidation of their memory, but also in maintaining the balance of their immune system. Diet can affect the quality of people's sleep, especially that of employees. The main objective of this semi-experimental study was to investigate whether Dr. Sears’s diet affects employees’ sleep duration. Data were collected from a sample of 100 employees who were employed by different companies in the broader area of Attica, once a week, for a period of three weeks. Of those who participated in the study 56% were male and 44% were female. The results showed that Dr Sears’ diet had a beneficial effect on the participants’ sleep duration, which sleep duration started to increase from the 2nd week of intervention and then stay at normal levels. Sleep duration was considered as the dependent variable, while the duration of the Zone Diet (3 weeks) and the demographic characteristics in relation to the other dependent variables were considered as independent variables.
