For Weight Loss, Why It's Better Not To Eat Late

TIME:

A new study suggests that, yes, timing may be key: people who stay up late and sleep in tend to have worse diets, eat more at night and gain more weight, compared with those who go to bed at a reasonable hour.

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Comments

[lezahgg]

10:55 AM on 05/09/2011

I work in a job where my schedule changes and I can work schedules ranging betwen 8-5 and 11-8. I'm diabetic and my doctor can look at my file, look at my numbers and my weight and tell when I was on what schedule. I handle the 8 to 5 schedule better. I am a morning person. I am not satisfied eating dinner in the breakroom during a 15 minute break. I have never been able to adjust to that schedule very well and I suspect that the reason people who eat later at night gain weight might be due to the same issues. For me at least, it is harder to eat a healthy diet when I have a less traditional schedule. I try my best but I'm an early to be and early to rise person.

[michael medeiros]

02:32 PM on 05/08/2011

We must remember everyone is different and everyone's lifestyles are different. I am a believer in total caloric intake throughout the day is more important than when we eat. Tapering down calories which means taking more calories earlier in the day has worked for me. It gives me all day energy and I have the whole day to burn calories. At the end of the day I just need a small snack to keep me from going hungry and I don't need the traditional "big" dinner.
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10:34 AM on 05/08/2011

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[onionboy]

07:10 PM on 05/06/2011

51 people? How can they possible have done any matched pair analyses or accounted for all co-factors with such a small sample size?

I'm not saying they're wrong or right, but it's simply not possible to make a determination based on this study design and sample size. I know nothing more about this now than I did before I started.

[eva07]

10:02 PM on 05/06/2011

exactly, I was just ready to write the same thing..

[onionboy]

10:08 PM on 05/06/2011

Also, people seem to be thinking it means "don't eat after 8pm". But even the analysis they did doesn't say that. They note that their diets are worse. OK. What about the night owls who eat fruit and carrots after 8pm?

There is zero information from this.

[doublerainbow]

05:52 PM on 05/06/2011

I only eat when I'm hungry not by what time the clock says.

[babybelle]

05:24 PM on 05/06/2011

Eating three meals a day, no snacks work well for me.

[Max Shaw]

03:58 PM on 05/06/2011

Well your metabolism doesnt work quite the same when you eat late then go to sleep...makes obvious sense.

[eva07]

10:07 PM on 05/06/2011

It is a ridiculously small sample, the question is how much people wait after the last meal to go to bed.. and it seems that actually the late sleepers had more than 5 hours while the early sleepers less..