What do medics really eat?
Healthcare staff discuss the challenge of eating healthily on shift
The Food Chain · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Long days, unsociable hours, a hectic and pressurised workload – the working environment for health care staff is full of challenges. Maintaining a healthy diet in those conditions is tough.
Two shift workers talk honestly about what they eat on the job, and get advice from a dietician.
Ruth Alexander speaks to Scott Christmas, who’s on his eighth year of overnight shifts, to Tom Gibbons, a paramedic, and to Dr Linia Patel, dietician and performance nutritionist.
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(Picture: A pair of hands holding a stethoscope and an apple. Credit: Getty Images/BBC)
Producer: Elisabeth Mahy