Boston, Massachusetts: A new study relates diabetes and obesity to insufficient sleep or sleeping inconsistently.
21 healthy participants in a controlled setting were studied by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston for six weeks. Their diet routines and sleeping hours were then regulated, and their effects on their health were examined.
At the beginning and end of the study, the people being examined were allowed to sleep for 10 hours at night per 24 hours. However, in between the research, the researchers made the people sleep inconsistently. They also made sure that nobody would take more than five-and-a-half-hour sleep a day.
According to researchers, the imposition of sleep restrictions and inconsistent timings decreased resting metabolic rate. Moreover, the pancreas secreted less insulin due to improper sleep timings, resulting in higher glucose levels in the blood. These symptoms could make people obese and diabetic, researchers noted.
The study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, also showed that people working in shifts are more vulnerable to obesity and diabetes.
“We think these results support the findings from studies showing that, in people with a pre-diabetic condition, shift workers who stay awake at night are much more likely to progress to full-on diabetes than day workers,” neuroscientist and lead study author Orfeu M. Buxton said in a statement.
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