ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2024
Meal timing and its role in obesity and associated diseases.
Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Food Intake According to Clock Gene Polymorphisms: A Systematic Review.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Chewing Gum on Satiety, Appetite Regulation, Energy Intake, and Weight Loss: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of time-restricted eating on body composition and metabolic parameters in overweight and obese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Later eating timing in relation to an individual internal clock is associated with lower insulin sensitivity and affected by genetic factors.EBioMedicine · 2025Trial
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- Chrononutrition Behaviors and BMI Change During the Transition to University Life in Young Adults: A Prospective Study.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Chrononutrition and Physical Fitness in Schoolgirls Aged 10-14 Years: Associations with Obesity Risk.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Meal Timing Patterns and Associations with Fat Mass in Adolescents.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- A Novel Chronotype-Based Mediterranean Diet Pyramid: An Updated Representation by the Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE) and the Italian Society of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition (ADI).Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Associations of nutrition knowledge and dietary habits with stress among university employees in Saudi Arabia: mixed-methods evidence.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Early but not late time-restricted eating improves an actigraphy-estimated sleep quality in women with overweight or obesity: secondary analysis of the crossover ChronoFast trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Meal timing disruption in maintenance dialysis patients: associations with sleep quality and fatigue.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Physical exercise as a modulator of the sleep-obesity interaction: metabolic, neuroendocrine and circadian mechanisms.Frontiers in sleep · 2026Review
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- Circadian nutrition and obesity: timing as a nutritional strategy.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Review
- Temporal control of eating and body weight by GHSR-expressing suprachiasmatic nucleus neurons.Cell reports · 2025Article
- Appropriate Lifelong Circadian Rhythms Are Established During Infancy: A Narrative Review.Clocks & sleep · 2025Review
- The role of irregular eating behaviors in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: evidence from a multicenter cross-sectional study in China.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
Meal timing emerges as a crucial factor influencing metabolic health that can be explained by the tight interaction between the endogenous circadian clock and metabolic homeostasis. Mistimed food intake, such as delayed or nighttime consumption, leads to desynchronization of the internal circadian clock and is associated with an increased risk for obesity and associated metabolic disturbances such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Conversely, meal timing aligned with cellular rhythms can optimize the performance of tissues and organs. In this review, we provide an overview of the metabolic effects of meal timing and discuss the underlying mechanisms. Additionally, we explore factors influencing meal timing, including internal determinants such as chronotype and genetics, as well as external influences like social factors, cultural aspects, and work schedules. This review could contribute to defining meal-timing-based recommendations for public health initiatives and developing guidelines for effective lifestyle modifications targeting the prevention and treatment of obesity and associated metabolic diseases. Furthermore, it sheds light on crucial factors that must be considered in the design of future food timing intervention trials.
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