Factors Related to Firefighters' Food Behaviors at the Fire Station: A Quantitative Study.

Objective: Using a cross-sectional correlational study, the purpose was to quantitatively investigate factors associated to firefighters' food behaviors while on duty at the fire station.

Methods: Two hundred and fifty-two (252) firefighters (males, 96%; age, 39 ± 11 years) completed an online questionnaire assessing diet and exploring factors that could be associated to firefighters' food behaviors at the fire station.

Results: First regression analysis showed that level of education, years of experience, self-perceived nutrition knowledge, autonomous motivation, and accessibility to unhealthy foods were the best predictors of healthy food score.

Cardiovascular disease risk factors in career firefighters: A 6-year follow-up study.

This study sought to investigate the evolution of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in career firefighters. A questionnaire was sent to a cohort of 233 Québec career firefighters in 2015 and 2021 to collect demographic and occupational information and the presence of CVD risk factors. Ninety-six (96) firefighters (1 female) responded to the questionnaire in 2015 and 2021.