Summary: An Australian study finds that night shift workers who eat full meals or snacks overnight have worse glucose tolerance, increasing their risk of chronic health issues like diabetes and heart disease. Conducted over six days with 55 participants, the study showed that … [Read more...]
Evening Screen Use Doesn’t Harm Sleep—Until Kids Get into Bed
Summary: A study from the University of Otago has found that the timing of evening screen use, rather than the activity itself, affects adolescent sleep. While screen time before bed had little impact, using screens in bed delayed sleep onset and reduced total sleep duration. The … [Read more...]
Ignoring Sleep Signals May Harm Health for Overweight People
Summary: A recent study from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism suggests that ignoring the body’s natural sleep signals may lead to negative health outcomes for overweight individuals. The research … [Read more...]
Late Bedtimes and Not Enough Sleep Can Harm Developing Brains – and Poorer Kids Are More at Risk
By Emily C. Merz, Colorado State University and Melissa Hansen, Colorado State University Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of the brain important for coping with stress and controlling negative emotions, our recently … [Read more...]