Healthy Strategies

HEALTHY STRATEGIES FOR EATING & EXERCISING IN A THIRD-SHIFT WORLD

When searching for topics such as “eating healthy” and “exercising while working night shift,” Google provided endless suggestions and tips: Exercise before your shift. No, exercise right after your shift. Eat every meal. Skip a meal. Working third shift is inevitable in the lives of emergency responders, medical personnel, manufacturing employees and others.

How does one stay fit and healthy while on the job? We asked four local individuals, who work through the night and into the morning hours, to share their advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

MELISSA LUTCHKUS - Four Seasons Produce, Inc.

OFFICERS MATT SPITLER AND BRENNAN STAMM - East Hempfield Township Police Department

LINDSEY HERR - Registered Nurse at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Women & Babies Hospital, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)