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Meal frequency and timing in health and disease (author list confirmation)

PMC / PubMed record

PRIMARY 2014
Summary What does research say about when and how often to eat? Show / hide ↓

This record is a review, meaning a summary of earlier research, not a new experiment. Researchers discussed studies about meal frequency and timing, meaning how often and when people eat. No new group of participants was enrolled, and no single eating schedule was tested directly. The review may describe possible links with health, but it cannot by itself prove that one schedule causes better health.

What this means for you: This is background information, not a reason to buy a meal-timing product or follow one eating schedule. You can use it as context, but stronger evidence from well-designed human trials is needed for specific advice.

weak evidence
DesignPRIMARY
TierTier 2, Product RCT (not peer-reviewed)
Year2014
JournalPNAS (PMC)
Added to NO1GEVITYJun 27, 2026

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