Being an evening person, I have no doubt it depends on one's individual body clock, at least for steady shifts, not ones that change around.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/ehs-sca051315.php
Public Release: 18-May-2015
Elsevier Health Sciences
Shiftwork is an occupational health risk of growing significance because it is becoming more common and because of its potential influence on health outcomes, possibly increasing health differences between workers of higher vs lower socioeconomic status. A new study from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health determined that employees who work shifts outside of a 9-to-5 schedule are more likely to be overweight and experience sleep problems, and possibly more likely to develop metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, compared to workers following traditional work schedules. The study is published in Sleep Health, Journal of the National Sleep Foundation.
"Shiftwork employees are particularly vulnerable to experiencing sleep problems as their jobs require them to work night, flex, extended, or rotating shifts," explained lead investigator Marjory Givens, PhD, an ?Associate Scientist with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. "Shiftworkers are more commonly men, minorities, and individuals with lower educational attainment and typically work in hospital settings, production, or shipping industries."
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