Circadian Misalignment Increases 24‑h Acylated Ghrelin in Chronic Shift Workers (Randomized Crossover)

Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls

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.