People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the Sun, researchers said Thursday.

A survey of more than 430,000 people in Britain found that night owls had a 10-percent higher risk of dying in the 6.5-year study period than "larks".

"This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored," said study co-author Malcolm van Schantz of the University of Surrey -- and argued that "night types" should be allowed to start and finish work later in the day.

"Night owls trying to live in a morning-lark world may (suffer) health consequences," said fellow author Kristen Knutson of the Northwestern University in Chicago.

The duo gathered information on nearly half-a-million people aged 38-73 from a public database.

The participants had defined themselves as either "definitely a morning person" (27 percent), "more a morning person than evening person" (35 percent), "more an evening than a morning person" (28 percent), or "definitely an evening person" (nine percent).

They also listed their weight, smoking habits, and socioeconomic status.

Deaths in the group -- just over 10,500 in total -- were documented for six-and-a-half years.

The night owl group, the team found, had a 10-percent higher risk of dying than those in the extreme early-morning group.

People in the late-night group were more likely to suffer from psychological disorders, diabetes, and stomach and breathing troubles, and slept fewer hours per night.

They were also more likely to smoke, drink alcohol and coffee, and use illegal drugs.

The higher risk may be because "people who are up late have an internal biological clock that doesn't match their external environment," Knutson said.

"It could be psychological stress, eating at the wrong time for the body, not exercising enough, not sleeping enough, being awake at night by yourself, maybe drug or alcohol use."

The research duo urged special treatment for night owls.

"If you can recognise these (types) are, in part, genetically determined and not just a character flaw, jobs and work hours could have more flexibility for owls," Knutson said.

"They shouldn't be forced to get up for an 8.00 am shift."

Source: https://www.afp.com/en/news/717/night-owls-risk-dying-younger-should-sleep-study-doc-13y25o1

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First two guys above me...una welldone o




I dedicate this acre of land to my Nairaland sweetheart @Merryglad

lemme log out from Nairaland and sleep then

If I don't die come and kill me
Yeye people

Lol. If this was true, all the business executives and even politicians who don't sleep at night would be dead by now!

Kai oyinbo can lie Arrrgh adon believe it

yimu.!

eleojo23:
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Y for Yoyo

Poo talk.... I indulged myself,sleeping late at night ...It makes me brilliant.

Might be true. But I don't feel sleepy till it's really late

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My neighbours wife is here with me.

We just passed through the valley we're heading to the land of greener pastures.

Its good to be an owl when you've got a dove by your side.

Ok, good night.

I should really learn how to sleep on time. Sometimes I try but it is not easy at all. Na during exam sleep sweet pass

If Dangote trucks or one of the thousands of "avoidable" deaths in Nigeria doesn't get to you first.........

Nonsense. If I don't sleep late I might die young.

Pharaoh001:
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g for Gigabyte

Obviously means students wey dey do overnight reading go soon die .
lol una overnight freelancers go soon die.
Phone addicts go soon die.

abeg ooo i cannot come and kill myself because of phone, abeg una goodnite ask me why abi u no get eyes to read the topic

hmm maybe not miss

Some people work night shift ,

Chiefpriest1:
Lol. If this was true, all the business executives and even politicians who don't sleep at night would be dead by now!

Loud it abeg. that is how someone will just wake up one morning as a science student and conduct one nonsense research.

Ellabae:
Might be true. But I don't feel sleepy till it's really late

Me too. We have so much in common . Send me your picture, let's start from there. My name is James, I hardly chase.

so I go die young

I plead guilty

Great study

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