Evening eating and subsequent long-term weight change in a national cohort.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the association of proportion of daily energy consumed in the evening with weight change over 10 y of follow-up.


METHODS
The data used were from the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I, 1971-75) Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS, 1982-84). The analytic cohort included 2580 men and 4567 women aged 25-74 y at baseline (NHANES I, 1971-75). The proportion of energy consumed in the evening (after 5 pm) was estimated from a 24 h dietary recall obtained a baseline. Weight change was defined as the difference between the follow-up and baseline weights.


RESULTS
Mean +/- s.e. of percent energy from evening food intake was 46 +/- 0.29 in the analytic cohort. After adjustment for multiple covariates, percent energy from evening food intake and weight change were unrelated in both men and women.


CONCLUSIONS
Extent of evening eating was not a significant predictor of 10 y weight change in the NHEFS cohort.
Kant
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Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing 11367, USA.
Schatzkin
A
A
Ballard-Barbash
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015930:Diet Records; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States