a day agoTime difference health effects
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The change of the clock has adverse health effects that can last for several months from the moment of entry into force, and therefore must be abolished, according to four researchers at the University of Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania University, written in an editorial in” Jama Neurology”. The turn of the clock can be accompanied by one [...]
The change of the clock can be accompanied by an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes and decrease sleep on average by 15-20 minutes in the days following its entry into force. These effects may also increase the risk of road accidents, the authors stressed.
On some more fragile topics, the article mentions children with autism, where the negative effects remain for weeks and even months.
“People think a transition of an hour is nothing, that it can be overcome in one day, but what they don't understand is that their biological clock is no longer synchronized with light, explains Ann Malow, one of the authors.
It's not an hour twice a year, it's a biological clock misuse for eight months a year. When we talk about changing the clock and our relationship to natural light, we talk about deep influences with biological clocks that are well - rooted in the brain, and therefore there are effects on brain functions such as energy or willingness”, she points out.
