Night shift work increases diabetes risk
A new study supposes that women who work as nurses through day and night have a great risk of getting diabetes, especially if they maintain that schedule over a long period of time.
Scientists stated that a woman’s risk of getting type 2 diabetes increases extremely with the years of shift work she puts in. They compared nurses who worked days only with those who worked periodic night shifts for as little as 3 years. The results showed that "night nurses" have 20% risk to develop type 2 diabetes.
Most of the increase in diabetes risk can be explained by weight gain that is a common side effect of shift work which disrupts eating and sleeping processes in ways that can make following a healthy lifestyle a challenge.
It is well-known that irregular work hours can disrupt the body’s circadian rhythms which play a critical role in maintaining healthy blood-sugar metabolism and energy balance.
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(1)That's really srhewd! Good to see the logic set out so well.