Commercial truck drivers are the most common profession around the world, it includes mainly men drivers who work long hours every day to transport product from one destination to the other. There are approximately 3.5 million trucker driver in the United States of America (American Trucking Association, 2015), usually drivers would work roughly 60 hours. There are many factors that make up the causes of various health issues that these drivers experience frequently. According to surveys, almost 1,700 commercial truck drivers have presented risk factors for chronic illness like; sleep deprivation, high cholesterol, obesity, musculoskeletal disorder and high blood pressure (Cartage, 2017). After a thorough analysis of all recent literature reviews, the top three health problems affecting commercial truck drivers in USA between the ages of 40-60 are obesity, sleep deprivation and musculoskeletal disorder. …show more content…
The study further specified that only 8% of the drivers exercise regularly, indicating that most obese drivers do not put in any work to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle (Timmi, 2014). This job’s environment and duty specifies that truck drivers are more probable to be obese than working individual in a different occupations. It is very essential that drivers make time to exercise on a weekly basis and maintain a healthy eating habits. The truck driving companies are advised to make awareness to their obese employees about the potential risk of heart attack on the job, since this attack can lead to a major road