There are recommendations regarding many facets of lifestyle. We proposed to look at hospital doctors' habits in East Yorkshire. Method. A simple questionnaire was sent out to 574 doctors in the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Non-responders were re-mailed. Age, sex, grade, specialty, number of portions of fruit and vegetable per day, alcohol intake, smoking, exercise and hours worked. Results. 301 doctors (238 males, 60 females) responded (response rate 58%). Approximately half of doctors who responded were consultants. Few respondents smoked (6.6%), and the mean alcohol consumption, 8.35 units per week (SE 0.34), was less than the recommended limits for men and women. Most doctors fell short of the ‘recommended” 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day (median 3 per day) and nearly half worked more than 56 hours per week. Most respondents took at least the recommended amount of exercise per week (112 SE25 minutes) although 26% of doctors took no exercise at all.
National five-a-day programme CMO's Update 30 May 2001
3.
Royal Colleges of Physicians, Psychiatrists, and General Practitioners. Alcohol and the heart in perspective — sensible limits reaffirmed. London: London Royal Colleges; 1995
4.
Department of Health. The Health of the Nation: a strategy for health in England and Wales. London: HMSO; 1992
5.
DollRHillAB. Smoking-Mortality of British Doctors in relation to Smoking: observations on coronary thrombosis. Nat Cancer Inst1966 Jan 19, 205–268
6.
Directive 2000/34/EC of the European Parliament and Council of 22/06/2000 amending Council directive 93/104/EC concerning certain aspects of the organization of working time to cover sectors and activities excluded from that directive. Official Journal, L, 195, 1/08/2000, 41–45 European working time directive
7.
BMA. New Deal for Junior Doctors. London: BMA; 1999
8.
The Office for National Statistics. Living in Britain: results from the 1998 General Household Survey. London: The Stationary Office; 2000
9.
The Office for National Statistics. Living in Britain: results from the 1996 General Household Survey. London: The Stationary Office; 1998
