Neurology Brigham

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT F.A.J.L.S. served on the Board of Directors for the Sleep Research Society and has received consulting fees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Morehouse School of Medicine. F.A.J.L.S. interests were reviewed and managed by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Partners HealthCare in accordance with their conflict-of-interest policies. F.A.J.L.S. consultancies are not related to the current work. The other authors declare no conflict of interest.

Abstract Objective Shift workers typically experience misalignment between their circadian system and behavioral/environmental cycles and have an increased risk for obesity. Experimental studies in non-shift workers have suggested that circadian misalignment can disrupt energy balance regulation. This study examined the impact of circadian misalignment in the most relevant population, i.e., chronic shift workers.

REGULAR RESEARCH PAPER Ali Azarbarzin Corresponding Author aazarbarzin@bwh.harvard.edu orcid.org/0000-0002-4986-4753 Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Correspondence Ali Azarbarzin, Sleep Disordered Breathing Laboratory, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.