Artificial Light at Night and Type 2 Diabetes: Review

Artificial Light at Night and Type 2 Diabetes: Review

Type: Field / Observational study

Registration: DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2024.0237

Status: Published

Tags: Circadian, Diabetes, General population, Systematic review

External URL: https://www.e-dmj.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.4093/dmj.2024.0237

Summary

Summarizes links between artificial light at night, sleep disruption, and type 2 diabetes risk, with implications for light hygiene.

Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls

Evidence here how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules shows sleep & alertness 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.

Tags

  • Circadian
  • Diabetes
  • General population
  • Systematic review

Notes

Diabetes & Metabolism Journal (open access).

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