Exposure to Shift Work as a Risk Factor for Diabetes: Workplace Study
Summary
Shift‑exposed groups reported higher diabetes prevalence with odds ratios around 2, suggesting a meaningful association in working populations.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Evidence here how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules shows 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.
Notes
Early occupational diabetes signal.