Working long hours exposes women to increased risk of diabetes

We already know that working more than 39 hours a week is bad for everyone.

In fact, women who work more than 45 hours a week are 63% more likely to develop diabetes than those who work between 35 and 40 hours a week.

According to a new study published in the journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care

For 12 years, researchers have followed 7,065 workers (3,502 women and 3,563 men) in Canada, who had no diagnosis of previous diabetes.

Although there was no real correlation between 1965 and 2004, this percentage decreased slightly when lifestyle-related factors such as smoking, exercise, consumption Alcohol and BMI were taken into account

. They argue that "working 45 hours or more per week was associated with an increased incidence of diabetes in women, but not in men."

This is not the first report of its kind to suggest that long hours of work have a disproportionate impact on women's health; In fact, a study conducted in 2016 by Ohio State University found that men who work between 41 and 50 hours a week have a lower risk of heart and lung disease and depression.

As for women, it is quite easy to see how increased stress can play a role in the deterioration of their state of health.

According to Diabetes.co.uk, stress plays a big role when it comes to blood sugar. When we are stressed, our body reacts by releasing hormones (cortisol) that allow cells to access stored energy (fat and glucose). As our cortisol levels increase, the amount of sugar in the blood increases, which can lead to Cushing's syndrome, one of the least known causes of diabetes

Women often do a lot more hours of unpaid housework – than it is cooking, cleaning, caring for children or elderly parents, taking the emotional charge in the household as well as the household chores. You can see that for some men, working longer in an office can be less stressful than having to sleep children, and so on.

With this added burden of stress, it is no wonder that working long hours in an office or workplace can leave women little time to recover or take care of their personal health.

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