title: Nutritional Aspects of Late Eating and Night Eating.
abstract: The timing of food intake has been investigated as a novel factor in the etiology, maintenance, and treatment of obesity. Indeed, consuming a large proportion of food later in the day and into the night has been associated with higher body weight and may even impair weight loss. The diet quality of late-eaters may be a factor involved in these relationships. Moreover, the nutritional characteristics of the foods consumed during the night may negatively affect metabolic and circadian rhythms that are required for optimal health. This review will first examine the diet quality of late-eaters and describe common foods consumed as nocturnal snacks. Second, this review will briefly acknowledge the potential adverse metabolic and circadian effects of consuming certain foods very late in the evening or during the night.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse PEPS, Suite 0290-F, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada. annette.gallant@criucpq.ulaval.ca.|The Québec Heart and Lung Research Institute, Laval Hospital, Québec, QC, Canada. annette.gallant@criucpq.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gallant
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5030 Cherry Street, Suite 321, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA. lundgrenj@umkc.edu.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lundgren
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Education, Laval University, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse PEPS, Suite 0290-F, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada. vicky.drapeau@fse.ulaval.ca.|The Québec Heart and Lung Research Institute, Laval Hospital, Québec, QC, Canada. vicky.drapeau@fse.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Drapeau
keywords: Circadian rhythm; Diet quality; Late eating; Night eating; Nutrition; Obesity