A person’s risk of having Type 2 diabetes increases when working more than 55 hours in a week. This has been revealed by a new research.
The research stems from University College London. They conducted a study regarding the effects of having to work long hours on the risk of type 2 diabetes. They have collated data from meta-analysis of unpublished data and published studies.
It has been noted years ago that employees who do work for long hours will have various health problems. This is according to the data released by the Bureau of Labor. It is specified that there are almost 15 million Americans who do work full time on irregular shifts, rotating shifts, and night shift.
Stretching the working hours does have an impact on a person's sleep. It is being noted that sleep deprivation can lead to increasing the risk of chronic diseases such as gastrointestinal disease and heart disease.
Based on the findings of the said study, people who are working on low socioeconomic jobs and work at a minimum of 55 hours each week will have a 30% chance of developing a type 2 diabetes compared to those who are working at least 35-40 hours a week.
Mika Kivimaki said through a press release, "The pooling of all available studies on this topic allowed us to investigate the association between working hours and diabetes risk with greater precision than has been previously possible. Although working long hours is unlikely to increase diabetes risk in everyone, health professionals should be aware that it is associated with a significantly increased risk in people doing low socioeconomic status jobs."
Upon conducting the study, researchers do take into consideration the health behaviors like physical activity, smoking, obesity, age and sex.
