By Elizabeth Barker
Those late-in-the-day meals might be messing with your weight-loss efforts. According to a new study from the International Journal of Obesity, people who eat their largest meal earlier in the day may shed more pounds and slim down faster than dieters who save their most sizeable meal for later on.
The study involved 420 overweight people in Spain, where lunch serves as the biggest meal of the day (accounting for 40 percent of daily calorie consumption). For 20 weeks, one group of study members ate lunch anytime before 3 p.m., while a second group took their lunch after 3 p.m. While all study members followed the same weight-loss program, the late-eaters lost significantly less weight than the early-eaters. They also had a slower weight-loss rate, as well as lower insulin sensitivity (a key risk factor for diabetes).
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