Posts Tagged ‘artificial light at night’

A Simple and Cost-Effective Way to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes?

August 28, 2024 — Type 2 diabetes prevalence is up and the Lancet Regional Health has a simple way to reduce it. Daniel Windred and colleagues write: “Advising people to turn off their lights at night, or use lights that reduce the circadian impact (dim and “warm” light), is a simple, cost-effective, and easily-implementable recommendation that may promote cardiometabolic […]

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Is Artificial Night Light Contributing to Obesity?

February 20, 2016 — More and more data keeps rolling in to suggest that artificial night light may be contributing to the excess of obesity. The bluish light from our glowing rectangles seems to be a particular problem. As with most potential causes of obesity, resolving the question of causality is the key challenge. Two new studies are adding to the […]