people who go to bed late at night have a higher body weight index and 46 percent higher risk of developing diabetes of the second type than those who prefer an early sleep.
According to the Eurekalert website, researchers from the Netherlands studied the connection between late retreat to sleep, diabetes of the second type and the distribution of fat in the body. More than 5 thousand people with an average age of 56 years and the average body weight 30 were involved in the study 30. Scientists divided the study participants into three categories: 20 percent amounted to a group with a morning (early chronotype of the lark), 60 percent with a daytime (intermediate chronotype “pigeons”) and 20 percent – with evening (late chronety “Owl”).
After accounting for such factors as the total amount of fat in the body, diet, age, gender, education and lifestyle, the researchers found that people with a late chronotype have a risk of developing diabetes of the second type 46 percent higher than those of those who had an average chronotype.
Researchers also determined that the participants in the category of the late chronotype of the body mass index were 0.7 higher than the participants with an intermediate chronotype.
“People with late chronotypes are often eaten late in the evening,” said one of the authors of the study by Yerun van der Velde.
He noted that the refusal of food in the evening after a certain time is useful for metabolism.