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We all have a preferred time for sleeping — a body clock. There are “morning people,” “evening people [aka 'night owls'],” and those in between. Our preferences for when to sleep are called chronotypes. And, increasingly, researchers have been investigating what happens to people whose body clocks are out of sync with the rest of society.
[...] Those who reported having a later chronotype (people who are night owls) had a 10 percent increased likelihood of dying compared to people who had an earlier chronotype. And this was true for people of all ages in the study, and for both men and women.
[...] It’s hard to know how all these risks interplay with one another, and there’s no clear answer as to why there may be health risks to being a late sleeper.
But here’s a compelling hypothesis: When our biological clock is out of sync with society’s, our whole biology gets thrown off, and many aspects of our lives grow more stressful. Having a very late chronotype is like living in a constant state of jet lag, which takes a toll on the body.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by acid andy on Sunday April 29 2018, @12:33PM
Is it something as simple as the fact that Night Owls are very likely spending their waking night hours alone? If they have a medical emergency, they might worsen and die before someone else wakes up and notices, whereas the Early Birds are more likely to get prompt assistance in this society.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?