Is Meal Timing Associated With Weight Loss?

The amount of meals a person eats throughout the day is more important than the time of consumption when it comes to long-term changes in body weight. The evidence relating to meal timing is surprisingly controversial. One recent randomized trial showed that restricting eating to a daily window of eight hours on top of a caloric restriction saw the exact same levels of weight loss for people with obesity as simply cutting calories. Another study on the same eight-hour time frame showed the opposite, that it led to greater weight loss.

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