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Firstly: the two mentions of sample sizes are 485 and 16. The 485 didn't sound very controlled ("asked to eat larger meals at a certain time") Next; there's no

Firstly: the two mentions of sample sizes are 485 and 16. The 485 didn't sound very controlled ("asked to eat larger meals at a certain time") Next; there's no details on why. > "the study found that eating later caused the participants to burn less fat and fewer calories, and pushed their fat cells to store more fat." This makes little sense.. unless the users activity level changes, the only other calorie burning I'm aware of is your base metabolic rate.. so eating later is possibly slowing down your metabolic rate?

ldoughty 4y ago
On a related topic: wouldn't the "time in body" be a larger factor on weight loss? Most nutrients are extracted I'm the intestines, so meals earlier in the day, followed by afternoon coffee and afternoon/evening vigorous exercise should mean you extract get calories from your food as these activities encourage your body to push through food without digesting them as fully...
stdbrouw 4y ago
> The 485 didn't sound very controlled ("asked to eat larger meals at a certain time") This is typically how it's done though: if you were to make a subselection of the treatment group to only include those that adhered to the intervention then (a) you risk undoing the randomization, because people who are more likely to adhere to the protocol are likely different in other ways as well and (b) the effect size you'd report would be a best case scenario, not realistically the kinds of results a dietician would see when helping people.
darkstar999 4y ago
> there's no details on why. It's explained in the paragraph right before the one you quoted. >A look at their hormone levels showed why: Eating later caused their levels of ghrelin, a hormone that increases appetite, to spike, while simultaneously suppressing their levels of leptin, a hormone that causes satiety.

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Firstly: the two mentions of sample sizes are 485 and 16. The 485 didn't sound very controlled ("asked to eat larger meals at a certain time") Next; there's no

by ldoughty 4y ago

ldoughty 4y ago
On a related topic: wouldn't the "time in body" be a larger factor on weight loss? Most nutrients are extracted I'm the intestines, so meals earlier in the day, followed by afternoon coffee and afternoon/evening vigorous exercise should mean you extract get calories from your food as these activities encourage your body to push through food without digesting them as fully...
stdbrouw 4y ago
> The 485 didn't sound very controlled ("asked to eat larger meals at a certain time") This is typically how it's done though: if you were to make a subselection of the treatment group to only include those that adhered to the intervention then (a) you risk undoing the randomization, because people who are more likely to adhere to the protocol are likely different in other ways as well and (b) the effect size you'd report would be a best case scenario, not realistically the kinds of results a dietician would see when helping people.
darkstar999 4y ago
> there's no details on why. It's explained in the paragraph right before the one you quoted. >A look at their hormone levels showed why: Eating later caused their levels of ghrelin, a hormone that increases appetite, to spike, while simultaneously suppressing their levels of leptin, a hormone that causes satiety.