Night owls have a higher BMI, larger waists, more hidden body fat and are almost 50% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D) than those who go to bed earlier, new research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Madrid, Spain (9-13 September), has found.
DiabetologiaSep 9 2024 Night owls have a higher BMI, larger waists, more hidden body fat and are almost 50% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who go to bed earlier, new research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Madrid, Spain , has found.
To find out more, Dr.van der Velde and colleagues studied the association between sleep timing, T2D and body fat distribution in more than 5,000 individuals, as part of the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study, an ongoing study into the influence of body fat on disease.Participants filled in a questionnaire their typical bed and waking times and from this midpoint of sleep was calculated.
The participants were followed-up for a median of 6.6 years, during which 225 were diagnosed with T2D. We believe that other mechanisms are also at play. A likely explanation is that the circadian rhythm or body clock in late chronotypes is out of sync with the work and social schedules followed by society. This can lead to circadian misalignment, which we know can lead to metabolic disturbances and ultimately type 2 diabetes." The team also looked at T2D risk in early chronotypes.
Dr. van der Velde concludes: "People with a late chronotype appear to be at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those with intermediate chronotype, possibly because of higher body fat including more visceral fat and liver fat.
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