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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Type 2 diabetes is more common in people who work shifts, a large international study suggests.
The findings, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, indicated men and those doing rotating shifts were at highest risk.
It is thought that disruption to the body clock affects waistlines, hormones and sleep - which could increase the risk.
Diabetes UK said shift workers should eat a healthy balanced diet.
The disease can lead to blindness, increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, as well as damaging nerves and blood vessels - dramatically increasing the risk of a foot needing to be amputated.
Studies in a sleep laboratories have shown that making people snooze at the wrong time of day led to the early stages of type 2 diabetes developing within weeks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28442550
How is this 'news'? I remember reading this years ago! 🙄
The findings, published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, indicated men and those doing rotating shifts were at highest risk.
It is thought that disruption to the body clock affects waistlines, hormones and sleep - which could increase the risk.
Diabetes UK said shift workers should eat a healthy balanced diet.
The disease can lead to blindness, increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes, as well as damaging nerves and blood vessels - dramatically increasing the risk of a foot needing to be amputated.
Studies in a sleep laboratories have shown that making people snooze at the wrong time of day led to the early stages of type 2 diabetes developing within weeks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28442550
How is this 'news'? I remember reading this years ago! 🙄