Night-shift work promotes insulin resistance and weight gain
By Tamzyn Murphy, RD, MSc (dist.) Night shift workers are prone to conditions associated with insulin resistance (Hidalgo M, 2010) – obesity (Peplonska B et al., 2015; Chen J et al. 2009) and metabolic disease, diabetes (Pan A et al, 2011) and cardiovascular disease (Knutsson & Boggild, 2011). Melatonin – the sleep hormone […]