How to deal with social jetlag and reduce depression risk?

In 10 seconds? Research suggests that “social jet lag” increases the chance of heart disease, can lead to obesity but also increases the risk of depression. Luckily, a consistent sleep pattern and revised meal times can be good counter-measures.

What is social jet lag as opposed to jet lag? With jetlag, you have trouble going to sleep at the right time when you find yourself in a new time zone. Social jetlag can be more chronic – it occurs when we sleep less on workdays and get up much later on our days off. It affects a lot of us, particularly shift workers and teenagers – the latter can even suffer from it when daylight saving time gets adjusted, just by 1 hour.