A Smartphone App Reveals Erratic Diurnal Eating Patterns in Humans that Can Be Modulated for Health Benefits - ScienceDirect

• The daily eating pattern in healthy adults is highly variable from day to day • More than half of the adults eat for 15 hr or longer every day • Sleep duration parallels the fasting duration • Reducing the daily eating duration can contribute to weight loss The daily eating pattern in healthy adults is highly variable from day to day More than half of the adults eat for 15 hr or longer every day Sleep duration parallels the fasting duration Reducing the daily eating duration can contribute to weight loss A diurnal rhythm of eating-fasting promotes health, but the eating pattern of humans is rarely assessed. Using a mobile app, we monitored ingestion events in healthy adults with no shift-work for several days. Most subjects ate frequently and erratically throughout wakeful hours, and overnight fasting duration paralleled time in bed. There was a bias toward eating late, with an estimated 35% after 6 p.m. “Metabolic jetlag” resul

• The daily eating pattern in healthy adults is highly variable from day to day • More than half of the adults eat for 15 hr or longer every day • Sleep duration parallels the fasting duration • Reducing the daily eating duration can contribute to weight loss The daily eating pattern in healthy adults is highly variable from day to day More than half of the adults eat for 15 hr or longer every day Sleep duration parallels the fasting duration Reducing the daily eating duration can contribute to weight loss A diurnal rhythm of eating-fasting promotes health, but the eating pattern of humans is