Light at Night and Diabetes

Yu and colleagues determined that LAN (light at night) “is associated with impaired blood glucose control and an increased risk of diabetes. . . . The intensity of urban light pollution has increased to the point that it not only affects residents of big cities, but also those in distant areas such as suburbs and forest parks that may be hundreds of kilometres from the light source. . . . A study of night-shift workers found that those exposed to…

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