A long week of work can increase the risk of diabetes

Monday – 17 Dhu al-Qaeda 1439 – 30 July 2018 Publication Number [19659004] London: Middle East

A Canadian study found that women who work at least 45 hours a week may be more likely to develop diabetes. The 12-year study included 7065 people aged 35 and under in Ontario, Canada. None of the participants had diabetes at the beginning of the study or during the first two years of follow-up
About 8% of women and 12% of men had diabetes at the end of the research period . Hours of work do not affect the risk of developing diabetes in men, but women who work at least 45 hours a week are 63% more likely to have diabetes than those who work between 35 and 40 hours a week. "Our study did not allow us to explain this gender disparity," said Mahi Gilbert, principal investigator at the Toronto Institute of Work and Health. "Working longer hours and doing housework can make women more prone to chronic stress, infections and hormonal changes, which could lead to diabetes," the researchers wrote in BMJ Obesity.
The rate of diabetes in 2014 was about one in ten adults and the disease would become the seventh most important cause of death by 2030. Most patients with type II diabetes are linked to obesity and aging. Insulin to convert sugar to blood to energy or can not benefit as it should. Diabetes can lead to nerve damage, amputation, blindness, heart disease and stroke if uncontrolled.
Daniel Lakeland, a researcher at the University of South Carolina in Charleston, did not participate in the study. And the possibility of diabetes, but some changes can be made to reduce these risks.
"You can think of working for shorter sessions and take more time off for exercise or doing a lot of extra activities. It may be helpful to take other lifestyle decisions, such as eating healthy foods or not smoking. "

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