Darkness dwellers have a late chronotype, which means they prefer to go to bed late and wake up late.
A new study suggests that night owls are nearly 50% more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who go to bed earlier. This behavior has been linked to a“However, we believe that lifestyle cannot fully explain the relationship between a late chronotype and metabolic disorders,” said Jeroen van der Velde, a researcher at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands.
The participants were tracked for nearly seven years — during that time, 225 were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Van der Velde’s team expected early chronotypes to have a similar diabetes risk as intermediate chronotypes — they found early birds actually had a slightly higher risk but “this was not statistically significant.”
“Cortisol and stress further increase glucose levels and promote weight gain,” Roslin, who is not involved in the new study, told The Post. “Weight gain increases the chance of sleep apnea and insulin resistance. It is easy to see the ball running downhill.
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