The Connection Between Sleep Deprivation and Diabetes

Sleep deprivation is a significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes, yet it is often overlooked. We typically focus on things such as family history, eating habits, and weight, but both quantity and quality of sleep are also factors in the development of type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, people with diabetes are more likely to have a sleep disorder causing sleep deprivation. Lack of sleep in relation to diabetes is a vicious cycle of one causing the other.