Reduced Tolerance to Night Shift in Chronic Shift Workers
Summary
Suggests chronic shift work degrades adaptability of circadian control, reducing night‑shift tolerance.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Real‑world data how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules was evident on shift as 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
Mechanistic/physiology focus.