Negative Impacts of Shiftwork and Long Work Hours (NIOSH Review)
Summary
Summarizes links between shift work/long hours and obesity, injuries, chronic disease, and performance outcomes.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
A higher‑level synthesis how night duty and post‑shift fatigue maps findings showing weight and sleep & alertness for night‑shift workers and night owls. The risk windows show up in measurements, explaining why the commute after nights is a recurrent blind spot. For night‑shift teams and individuals, this ties long‑debated rota features to concrete outcomes, making schedule talk about health, not preference.
Notes
NIOSH/CDC oriented synthesis.