Eating at night while trying to lose weight

I heard on NPR a few months ago about a study that showed that people who
ate most of their calories at night were no less likely to lose weight
(which of course goes against the advice of hundreds of sites & programs).
I'm trying to find that study -- can anybody help?
Thanks,
Andrew

On 6/10/2004 10:47 AM, acowells wrote:
I heard on NPR a few months ago about a study that showed that people who
ate most of their calories at night were no less likely to lose weight
(which of course goes against the advice of hundreds of sites & programs).
I'm trying to find that study -- can anybody help?
Thanks,
Andrew


Could this be a reference to the same study?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3263249.stm

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jmk in NC

Hark! I heard jmk say:
On 6/10/2004 10:47 AM, acowells wrote:

I heard on NPR a few months ago about a study that showed that people who
ate most of their calories at night were no less likely to lose weight
(which of course goes against the advice of hundreds of sites & programs).
I'm trying to find that study -- can anybody help?

Could this be a reference to the same study?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3263249.stm

"A calorie is a calorie at any time of the day, say experts"

Makes sense to me, but some myths are hard to overcome...


--
J.J. in WA (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Start of diet : 251 Current Weight : 229
Original Weight: 275 First Goal : 199

Hark! I heard Ignoramus2546 say:
In article , byakee wrote:
Hark! I heard jmk say:
On 6/10/2004 10:47 AM, acowells wrote:

I heard on NPR a few months ago about a study that showed that
people who ate most of their calories at night were no less
likely to lose weight (which of course goes against the advice
of hundreds of sites & programs). I'm trying to find that study
-- can anybody help?

Could this be a reference to the same study?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3263249.stm

"A calorie is a calorie at any time of the day, say experts"

Makes sense to me, but some myths are hard to overcome...

a calorie is a calorie, but night eaters overeat those calories.

Feeding a monkey at night while giving it the same amount of calories
as given to the controls, is not the situation that is faced by night
eaters, who do not have their calories restricted by experimenters.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...bmed&dopt=Abst
ract&list_uids=11449453
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...bmed&dopt=Abst
ract&list_uids=14994360

You're making the assumption that anyone who eats more at night
than during the day has "night eater" syndrome. That's not always
the case. I was under the impression that the OP was asking about
people who just happen to eat more at night than during the day,
not necessarily "night eaters"; people who work the night shift,
for example...


--
J.J. in WA (Change COLD to HOT for e-mail)

Start of diet : 251 Current Weight : 229
Original Weight: 275 First Goal : 199

"byakee" wrote in message
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Hark! I heard Ignoramus2546 say:
In article , byakee wrote:
Hark! I heard jmk say:
On 6/10/2004 10:47 AM, acowells wrote:

I heard on NPR a few months ago about a study that showed that
people who ate most of their calories at night were no less
likely to lose weight (which of course goes against the advice
of hundreds of sites & programs). I'm trying to find that study
-- can anybody help?

Could this be a reference to the same study?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3263249.stm

"A calorie is a calorie at any time of the day, say experts"

Makes sense to me, but some myths are hard to overcome...

a calorie is a calorie, but night eaters overeat those calories.

Feeding a monkey at night while giving it the same amount of calories
as given to the controls, is not the situation that is faced by night
eaters, who do not have their calories restricted by experimenters.


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...bmed&dopt=Abst
ract&list_uids=11449453

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...bmed&dopt=Abst
ract&list_uids=14994360

You're making the assumption that anyone who eats more at night
than during the day has "night eater" syndrome. That's not always
the case. I was under the impression that the OP was asking about
people who just happen to eat more at night than during the day,
not necessarily "night eaters"; people who work the night shift,
for example...

True! Not everyone who eats a meal at night necessarily eats more or has
night eater syndrome. Some people actually plan a meal (mine is about an
hour before bedtime) and stick with the plan without too much difficulty.
In order for me to eat 6 times a day, I have no choice but to have my last
meal (normally cottage cheese and fruit, or a protein shake with fruit) at 8
or 9 pm.

Jenn

On 6/10/2004 1:01 PM, Ignoramus2546 wrote:
In article , byakee wrote:

Hark! I heard jmk say:

On 6/10/2004 10:47 AM, acowells wrote:

I heard on NPR a few months ago about a study that showed that people who
ate most of their calories at night were no less likely to lose weight
(which of course goes against the advice of hundreds of sites & programs).
I'm trying to find that study -- can anybody help?

Could this be a reference to the same study?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3263249.stm

"A calorie is a calorie at any time of the day, say experts"

Makes sense to me, but some myths are hard to overcome...




a calorie is a calorie, but night eaters overeat those calories.

Why do you assume that this is the case? I typically have about half of
my calories before 5 pm and the other half between 5 pm and 10 pm. Does
that mean that I overeat? Uh, no. I think think that some other folks
that regularly participate in this ng are the same way.

--
jmk in NC

Thanks for the reference. I can't be sure, but I thought the study in
question involved humans. Though this one does back up the premise I was
wondering about. Thanks again.
AC

I guess that's my question in a nutshell. I'm working with a weight coach
and she insists that evening calories detract from weigth loss (even if
under an appropriate caloric ceiling). I'm willing to give it a try, even
if it is an urban legend, but in the meantime I want to research the
issue.
AC

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:52:48 GMT, (byakee) wrote:

Hark! I heard jmk say:
On 6/10/2004 10:47 AM, acowells wrote:

I heard on NPR a few months ago about a study that showed that people who
ate most of their calories at night were no less likely to lose weight
(which of course goes against the advice of hundreds of sites & programs).
I'm trying to find that study -- can anybody help?

Could this be a reference to the same study?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3263249.stm

"A calorie is a calorie at any time of the day, say experts"

Makes sense to me, but some myths are hard to overcome...

That's been my experience. I've lost 113 lbs. eating whenever I felt
the need.

Chris
262/149/ (145-150)

On 10 Jun 2004 17:01:09 GMT, Ignoramus2546
wrote:

a calorie is a calorie, but night eaters overeat those calories.

I'm sure you realize that this is a generalization that does not apply
to everyone. There's nothing magic about the sun being down that
causes everyone to turn into a binge eater. For me, there's no
difference in behavior or effect whether I eat in the daytime or the
evening.

My overeating trigger is parties :-).

Chris
262/149/ (145-150)