Changing sleeping time such as
in the case of shift work can also
affect our health. One of the effects
of industrialization was the adoption of 24-hour continuous work in
a number of industries. This has
resulted in an increase in the proportion of the population engaged in
shift work. Epidemiological studies
show that shift work is associated
with obesity, hypertriglyceridemia,
abdominal obesity, diabetes and
cardiovascular disease8. Thus, it is
clear that if we do not pay attention
to our biological clock we can cause
metabolic problems.
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