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  1. IHeartTruckers

    IHeartTruckers Bobtail Member

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    Hey Driver!

    Researchers from Indiana State University are recruiting truck drivers to participate in a study on trucker eating habits titled Predictors of Intentions to Eat Healthier among Midwestern Truck Drivers- An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior.

    For this study, you will take a short (about 10 minutes) online survey asking some questions about how you decide what to eat while you are on the road.

    After completing this survey, if you enter your mailing address (you will not be forced to give us your personal information), you will be mailed a participation reward: a small gift card to Pilot/Flying J.


    Click here to take survey: https://indstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cPa2doyep61uk6x


    We want to get as many responses as we can so that we get a representative sample of how Midwestern truckers make eating decisions while they're on the road (thank statistics for that).

    Eligibility:

    · 18 years old or older

    · Drives a commercial truck as primary employment

    · Operate mostly in the Midwestern states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin).


    If you have any questions or concerns about this research, please contact:

    Principal Investigator: Adrienne McCarthy, amccarthy2@sycamores.indstate.edu

    Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Wan-Ju Yen, Wan-Ju.Yen@indstate.edu

    Participants will not be put at emotional or physical risk as a result of participating in this study. Participation is entirely voluntary.

    RIGHTS OF RESEARCH SUBJECTS

    If you have any questions about your rights as a research subject, you may contact the Indiana State University Institutional Review Board (IRB) by mail at Indiana State University, Office of Sponsored Programs, Terre Haute, IN 47809, by phone at (812) 237-8217, or e-mail the IRB at irb@indstate.edu. You will be given the opportunity to discuss any questions about your rights as a research subject with a member of the IRB. The IRB is an independent committee composed of members of the University community, as well as lay members of the community not connected with ISU. The IRB has reviewed and approved this study.
     
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  3. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    P/FJ gift card is the last thing I'd want...certainly not worth giving out my address.
     
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  4. IHeartTruckers

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    You don't have to give us your address. We would still like to get your opinion!
     
  5. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    Common sense. Eating healthy is easier if the options are available. Choosing those options happens with greater frequency as the taste and price improves. In an industry where the 14 hour clock can't be stopped, ability to eat "on the go" is a plus.

    Subway is useless at a truck stop. Too difficult to eat on the go, and if you're shut down for the night you want a meal not a sandwich. Yet that's what P/FJ and others have chosen to stuff into most truck stops.
     
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    201 Road Train Member

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    Truck drivers don't do surveys. 84% of all drivers surveyed said so.
     
  7. STexan

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    Truckers who run the western states and the eastern seaboard all have the same eating issue as the drivers running and living in the Midwest

    I run all 48 so I'm not going to bother considering the survey since I'm not eligible.
     
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    I took the survey, it's all multiple choice.

    I try to stay healthy by not overeating. If I do get a hamburger, I just take a couple bites and throw the rest away. It satisfies my craving for that sort of food, which is not often. Same thing for alcohol.

    Grocery store bought fruits and veggies, organic if possible, rotisserrie chicken or high quality roast beef to be mixed with Tasty Bite Indian And Asian vegetable pouches that I get at Whole Foods market or other health food store.

    Then I go heavy with anti oxidant rich cancer preventing supplements from the Life Extension Foundation, plus their new private reserve olive oil, which is so potent and zesty that it stings the throat if not swallowed just right. I try to take a heart health walk 3 to 4 times a week, one baby aspirin per day. Always check the sugar content on anything I eat.

    Walmart: organic spinach, broccoli, kombucha tea instead of soda, bananas, rasberries,bluberries, strawberries, lots of great new protein powders near the pharmacy section, unsweetened Almond Milk, Giaradelli low sugar 86-90% cocoa bars, 5g sugar per serving, great for heart health and concentration.

    Favorite meal in a shakes: Plant Fusion Phood, Brendan Brazier's Vega One, Infowars Life Cave Man.

    Always on the lookout for grocery markets with truck parking nearby. Also have a UPS store box so I can get supplements mailed to me, overnight if necessary.

    Hard part: sometimes my schedule forces me to eat right before bed. Ugh.

    118/78. You know what I'm talkin bout.

    I.........AM.........COMMITTED!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    A partial glimpse of my supplement arsenal.
     
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  10. STexan

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  11. IHeartTruckers

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    I sure hope you're in the other 16%! You got opinions, we want to hear them!
     
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