Shiftwork facing a set of weights

Dr. Virginia Barbour, chief editor of the authoritative journal PLoS Medicine, warns that work with night shifts leads to obesity and type 2 diabetes. It even proposes to incorrect diet, coupled with this type of work, a list of hazardous work conditions.

A recent study showed that over 11% of nurses working in shifts over a decade, had an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Perhaps the people who work at night, often prefer questionable foods. They are also not enough sleep and engage in physical activity due to disruptions in sleep mode.

Barbour calls on officials and employees themselves to revise his views on shift work. According to statistics, 15-20% of the population of Europe and the U.S. operate in this mode. Not surprisingly, the obesity epidemic takes the scale of the world.

The expert recommends that workers pay more attention to diet, despite having to work at night. For example, you can plan a diet before, bringing food from home instead of buying fast food and chocolate bars from vending machines.