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n=17, so read nothing into this result. Also, what they tested is having no fixed eating schedule. The effects (if any) of skipping breakfast every day consistently are not measured.
There is little point in measuring the impact of skipping lunch. Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
Breakfast and Dinner
> Meal skipping has become an increasing trend of the modern lifestyle that may lead to obesity I believe them that this is correct but does anyone know why? I thought all the "intermittent fasting" folks were losing weight?
Only by way of anecdotal experience, but if I skip a meal (or worse, two) I tend towards massive overindulgence at a later meal, and I don't have an innate sense for calorie intake estimation. So I will often end up eating far more calories at the later meal than I might have skipped in the earlier one. Not at all scientific, just 2 cents.
> Meal skipping has become an increasing trend of the modern lifestyle that may lead to obesity I believe them that this is correct but does anyone know why? I thought all the "intermittent fasting" folks were losing weight?
It is a process for caloric reduction, if you skip 3 eggs in the morning, but then eat 6 eggs plus a sandwich at lunch you are not going to lose weight.
Normally while doing Intermittent fasting, you need to fast for 16 hours or more (not the 8-12 that meal skippers normally get) and often Intermittent fasters will do a single sensible meal and then snack with low carb snacks during the rest of the eating period.
> Background: Meal skipping has become an increasing trend of the modern lifestyle that may lead to obesity and type 2 diabetes. That is not what I was expecting this to be about. Now I'm thinking, how does this relate to the intermittent fasting trend? Are people meal skipping and calling it intermittent fasting? Or are the people who are meal skipping generally not interested in "wellness community" trends like IF?
Yes, including when they snack all the time.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Only by way of anecdotal experience, but if I skip a meal (or worse, two) I tend towards massive overindulgence at a later meal, and I don't have an innate sense for calorie intake estimation. So I will often end up eating far more calories at the later meal than I might have skipped in the earlier one. Not at all scientific, just 2 cents.
Same here. I find it too easy to overeat at night, during dinner and after.
In my Experience, the best combo is One should stop eating by 6pm, and have 8-10oz of plain water between 6pm and 8pm...
//not a health expert, but my own experience this is not medical or nutrition advice...