Type: Crossover randomized controlled trial
Registration: DOI: 10.1002/oby.23838
Status: Published
Tags: Circadian, Night‑shift workers, Nutrition & diet, RCT
External URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37537954/
Circadian misalignment raised 24‑h acylated ghrelin (~17%) and hunger without altering energy expenditure.
This crossover design how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules found sleep, alertness, recovery, and metabolic markers for night‑shift workers and night owls. Overall, the data make the schedule itself visible in physiology, not just in how people feel subjectively. For the audience living on night schedules, the key meaning is that the schedule’s timing choices show up in measurable outcomes.
Full text: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.23838