Will you quit the late-night snacks?
L.A. Times
2013/01/30 00:00:00
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Some popular diets advise against late-night snacking or even eating after 6 p.m. Now, there’s some research to confirm that when you eat could matter as well as what you eat if you’re trying to shed pounds.
A study in Spain followed 420 men and women on a diet for 20 weeks. They were grouped into early eaters -- those who had their main meal before 3 p.m. – and late eaters – those who had it after. (The participants followed the Mediterranean diet, in which the main meal was lunch.) Researchers looked at what the participants ate, their activity, their sleep habits and other characteristics. The dieters also attended weekly group therapy sessions.
It turned out that the late eaters lost less weight -- 17 pounds -- and at a slower rate than the early eaters, who lost almost 22 pounds, the researchers wrote Tuesday in the International Journal of Obesity.
A study in Spain followed 420 men and women on a diet for 20 weeks. They were grouped into early eaters -- those who had their main meal before 3 p.m. – and late eaters – those who had it after. (The participants followed the Mediterranean diet, in which the main meal was lunch.) Researchers looked at what the participants ate, their activity, their sleep habits and other characteristics. The dieters also attended weekly group therapy sessions.
It turned out that the late eaters lost less weight -- 17 pounds -- and at a slower rate than the early eaters, who lost almost 22 pounds, the researchers wrote Tuesday in the International Journal of Obesity.
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viola 2013/01/30 12:16:33
Go Ravens!
2) I eat snacks when I'm hungry, the purpose of food is to get rid of hunger. Obviously.
The experiment described here, though, doesn't have anything to do with eating late at night or with snacking. It has to do with when people eat lunch.