Sleep and type 2 diabetes . . . and other stories
BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q639 (Published 21 March 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;384:q639
Sleep, diet, and type 2 diabetes
Compared with people who slept seven to eight hours each night, participants in the UK Biobank study who slept for five hours or less were slightly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. The risk was higher for those sleeping three to four hours a night. Whatever the reason, it doesn’t seem to be diet. The association between short sleep duration and increased risk of type 2 diabetes was present even when the analysis was restricted to people eating healthily (JAMA Netw Open doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.1147).
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