Reading and writing fill in the blanks practice exercise. Below is text with blanks. Choose the correct word for each blank to complete the text.

For shift workers, odd hours usually mean strange sleeping habits and (1)……………………. meals. And now an (2) ………………….. in the journal Public Library of Science Medicine takes the (3) ……………………….. that unhealthy eating (4) …………………………….. with unusual working hours could be considered a new form of occupational hazard. Because such eating is a risk factor for obesity and (5) …………………… . Approximately, more than 15 percent of workers in the United States are employed in shifts, with workers taking over for each other so that the establishment can stay open for up to 24 hours a day. Because some shifts take place at night, employees have their circadian rhythms disrupted, and thus their (6) …………………………. . Taking round the clock shifts also makes eating a good diet and getting sufficient (7) ……………………… difficult. A recent study shows that there is an increase in diabetes risk among nurses who perform  shift work. And the editorial suggests not only employee incentives, but also legislation to make healthful diets.

(1) involuntary, maxillary, remarry, unhealthy
(2) combinatorial, lavatorial, editorial , custodial
(3) position, corporatism, collectivism, cistern
(4) painted, demodulated, repainted, associated
(5) retries, meanies, zucchinis, diabetes
(6) metabolisms, remembers, definition, guesses
(7) exercise, sins, ionize, vapourize

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