"Night owls," who prefer to stay awake until late at night, and wake up later than others, put their health in grave danger, according to an Internet publication for girls and women aged 14 to 35. Pannochka. net Authors of a new study conducted in South Korea report that such people have increased risk of diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome and a number of other diseases.

The researchers at the College of Medicine at the University of Koryo conducted a study of 1,600 local residents aged 47-59 years to learn more about the effect of sleep on health.

"Regardless of lifestyle, people who go to bed late are at increased risk of problems such as diabetes and muscle loss," says Dr. Nan Hee Kim in the news release of the Endocrinology Society.

"This may be caused by the fact that" owls "usually have a lower quality of sleep, they are also more prone to bad habits, such as smoking, eating at night and sitting in front of the screen," Kim explains..

Researchers report that of the 1,600 project participants, 95 were real "owls", 480 were "larks", and the rest remained somewhere in the middle.

Even though the "owls" in this study were slightly younger, they had more percentages of body fat compared to "larks". In addition, they were more prone to sarcopenia, a condition in which the atrophy of muscle changes with age.

Male owls especially suffer from diabetes mellitus and sarcopenic obesity. Women-owls have more waist circumference and a higher risk of metabolic syndrome than female larks.

Thus, night vigils are fraught not only with diabetes, but also increased risk of stroke and heart attack.

"Taking into account the fact that many young people are" night owls ", our discovery is very important. They must understand all the risks associated with this type of sleep, "- said Dr. Kim.

The results of the study of Korean scientists were published in the medical online edition of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism medbe. en.

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