Diseases Caused by Night Shift Jobs According to Doc Willie Ong
DOC WILLIE ONG – Doctor Willie Ong pointed out the diseases that we can get from jobs that require night shift or simply being awake almost every night.
Several kinds of jobs exist in the world nowadays. Some are brought by the advancement in technology. Undeniably, one of the fields that has a huge workforce now is the business process outsourcing or BPO.
A lot of people now are working as call center agents. This line of work require night shift duties. Aside from it, there are other jobs that also require people to be awake at night like being waiters or waitresses in bars, construction workers working double-time, online tutors, etc.
Sadly, night shift jobs can have negative effects on our health as we are required to be awake on a time that is supposedly for sleeping. Based on a video of Doc Willie Ong, being awake almost every night can cause diseases and health conditions to the body including the following:
- Cancer
- Heart diseases
- Obesity
Based on the video, these diseases may be caused by the dropping of the melatonin level of the body. The melatonin depends on the brightness of the surroundings. It increases when it is dark and we are asleep.
Aside from citing the diseases that can be caused by night shift jobs, in the video, Doc Willie Ong also gave some tips on what people working at night can do to ease its effects. Here are some pieces of advice from the doctor:
- lower the hours working at night
- eat healthy food
- make sure your surroundings is clean
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