Authors
Luciana Araújo Junqueira, Catarina Mendes Silva, Laura Cristina Tibiletti Balieiro, Walid Makin Fahmy, Luana Thomazetto Rossato, Maria Carliana Mota, Cibele Aparecida Crispim
Published in
Chronobiology international. Pages 1-11. Jul 12, 2026. Epub Jul 12, 2026.
Abstract
Late eating has been linked to adverse physiological and metabolic effects, suggesting that meal timing may affect dietary intake and weight management. This study investigated whether late eating is associated with energy intake, macronutrient distribution, and food group consumption among 792 patients (56.1 ± 12.45 years; 73.3% women) with obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, or dyslipidemia attending public health clinics in Uberlândia, Brazil. Dietary intake was assessed by a 24-h recall, and participants were classified as early eaters (caloric midpoint ≤12:30 h) or late eaters (>12:30 h). After adjustment for confounders, a later caloric midpoint was positively associated with total energy (β = 0.09, p < 0.001), carbohydrate (β = 0.10, p = 0.03), and sweets intake (β = 0.13, p = 0.001), and negatively associated with milk and dairy consumption (β = -0.09, p = 0.01). Late eaters showed a higher odds of inadequate consumption of meat and eggs (OR = 1.5, 95% CI 1.1-1.9, p = 0.003), oils and fats (OR = 1.4, 95% CI 1.0-1.9, p = 0.01), and sweets (OR = 1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.5, p = 0.003). These findings indicate that consuming a greater proportion of daily calories later in the day is associated with higher energy intake and poorer dietary quality, highlighting the potential importance of meal timing in nutritional counseling and metabolic health.
PMID:
42437713
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 13 Jul 2026.
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