Hormonal
Shift work involving circadian misalignment and chronic sleep restriction significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular events, metabolic syndrome, and mood disorders.
If you work nights or rotating shifts, recognize that your body's internal clock is fighting against your schedule. This misalignment directly increases your risk for heart disease, diabetes, and mood disorders. Prioritize sleep quality, manage stress, and be aware of your cardiovascular risk factors more closely than day workers.
Shift work is associated with a higher risk of several medical conditions, particularly metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases and mood disorders. Circadian misalignment is related to cardiometabolic changes, and together with altered food choice and physical activity, leads to increases in obesity, dyslipidaemia and impaired glucose metabolism.
Why this rating
Supported by large epidemiological studies and laboratory studies, though causality in long-term human populations is complex.
Source
Sleep loss and circadian disruption in shift work: health burden and management
Shantha M. W. Rajaratnam et al. · The Medical Journal of Australia · 2013
DOI 10.5694/mja13.10561
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