Risk of obesity increases with night shift working, study
Posted on: 05/Oct/2017 5:30:31 PM
Excessively working on night shifts? This piece of write up is for you.
You may perhaps have to refuse your boss when he puts you in a graveyard shift, as the risk of getting obese will increase with the more you work in night shifts, alerts a recent study.
According to the research, those working in night shifts developed higher frequency of abdominal obesity as compared to other kinds of obesity. And with permanent night shift workers, there is increased risk compared to rotating shift workers.
You can bring down the risk of obesity by altering your work schedules such that you avoid getting exposed to prolonged night working times.
The results are those obtained from over 28 published studies. It suggests that the risk of getting obese or overweight is 29 percent higher with night shift working.
Dr Lap Ah Tse, a senior study author said about 0.7 billion workers work in night shift pattern. Most cases of obesity and overweight are associated with night shift workers and the job nature.
There are many adverse health outcomes of night shift working of which obesity is a major one. The others include breast cancer, and other cardiovascular disease.
