ReviewInternational journal of obesity (2005)2022
Assessing temporal eating pattern in free living humans through the myCircadianClock app.
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- Time-Restricted Eating Promotes Weight Loss and Favorable Changes in Adipose in Obesity: The TREAD Randomized Control Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Trial
- Time-restricted eating to address persistent cancer-related fatigue among cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Time-Restricted Eating in Adults With Metabolic Syndrome : A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of internal medicine · 2024Trial
- The diversity and consistency of what and when people eat.Nature metabolism · 2026Article
- Time-restricted eating in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus on concomitant glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists: case report.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2026Article
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- Temporal Eating Patterns and Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Assessed from Mobile Food Records of Australian Adults.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Time-restricted eating improves quality of life, heart rate, and mitochondrial function in patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. An open-label pilot study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The diversity and consistency of what and when people eat.Research square · 2025Article
- Biological vs. Chronological Overnight Fasting: Influence of Last Evening Meal on Morning Glucose in Dysglycemia.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Advancing Chrononutrition for Cardiometabolic Health: A 2023 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Workshop Report.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Review
- Chrononutrition behaviors and cardiometabolic risk in adolescence: an ecological momentary assessment study.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- A biological rhythm in the hypothalamic system links sleep-wake cycles with feeding-fasting cycles.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A pre-post trial to examine biological mechanisms of the effects of time-restricted eating on symptoms and quality of life in bipolar disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- A randomized controlled trial to compare the effects of time-restricted eating versus Mediterranean diet on symptoms and quality of life in bipolar disorder.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Current Considerations in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders in Children.Seminars in pediatric neurology · 2023Article
- Relative Validity and Reliability of the Remind App as an Image-Based Method to Assess Dietary Intake and Meal Timing in Young Adults.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Leveraging Mobile Technology for Public Health Promotion: A Multidisciplinary Perspective.Annual review of public health · 2023Review
- Time-restricted eating to improve cardiometabolic health: The New York Time-Restricted EATing randomized clinical trial - Protocol overview.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
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Abstract
The quality and quantity of nutrition impact health. However, chrononutrition, the timing, and variation of food intake in relation to the daily sleep-wake cycle are also important contributors to health. This has necessitated an urgent need to measure, analyze, and optimize eating patterns to improve health and manage disease. While written food journals, questionnaires, and 24-hour dietary recalls are acceptable methods to assess the quantity and quality of energy consumption, they are insufficient to capture the timing and day-to-day variation of energy intake. Smartphone applications are novel methods for information-dense real-time food and beverage tracking. Despite the availability of thousands of commercial nutrient apps, they almost always ignore eating patterns, and the raw real-time data is not available to researchers for monitoring and intervening in eating patterns. Our lab developed a smartphone app called myCircadianClock (mCC) and associated software to enable long-term real-time logging that captures temporal components of eating patterns. The mCC app runs on iOS and android operating systems and can be used to track multiple cohorts in parallel studies. The logging burden is decreased by using a timestamped photo and annotation of the food/beverage being logged. Capturing temporal data of consumption in free-living individuals over weeks/months has provided new insights into diverse eating patterns in the real world. This review discusses (1) chrononutrition and the importance of understanding eating patterns, (2) the myCircadianClock app, (3) validation of the mCC app, (4) clinical trials to assess the timing of energy intake, and (5) strengths and limitations of the mCC app.
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