Late night meals and obesity: a systematic review using English-language literature

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  • 夜遅い食事と肥満との関連：英文文献を用いたシステマティックレビュー

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Objective: To investigate the correlation between late night meals and obesity.<br>Method: Using PubMed and CINAHL, a database search was conducted for a systematic review on articles published between 2005 and 2015. For the search formula, the following keywords were used: meals, night/time, eating behavior, and obesity/metabolic syndrome (MetS). Eleven articles were selected through the primary screening of titles and abstracts and the secondary screening of careful article perusal.<br>Results: Of eleven articles, two were longitudinal studies, seven were cross-sectional studies, and two were intervention studies. For subjects, 10 articles limited their subjects to adults, while one article included both adults and children. Five studies found higher ratios of obesity (BMI above 30kg/m2), greater BMI values, or increases in body weight among those who had late night meals (including snacks). Other five articles found no such correlations between both of them. The remaining one article found that those who had late night meals had a lower risk of MetS compared to those who did not.<br>Conclusion: Between late night meals and obesity, consistent results were not detected in this systematic review. This may be due to the presence or absence of energy intake adjustment as a confounding factor.

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  • CRID
    1390282679463838208
  • NII Article ID
    130005171188
  • DOI
    10.11260/kenkokyoiku.24.205
  • ISSN
    18845053
    13402560
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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