Meal timing, nutritional status and diet quality in a group of Spanish children
Authors' conclusion
Later meal timing and a prolonged eating window were linked to poorer diet quality and unfavourable metabolic markers. It may be relevant to consider meal timing as a preventive health strategy in the development of future dietary guidelines.
Study context
- Population
- Spanish children aged 8–13 years
- Participants
- 880 children
- Exposure
- Later vs earlier meal timing; longer vs shorter eating window
- Outcome
- Associations of first meal timing, last meal timing and eating window with anthropometric, biochemical and dietary variables
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Later last meal: Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2020) score, β
- −1.139 (−2.258; −0.021) (95% CI)
- Later last meal: Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) score, β
- −0.207 (−0.408; −0.007) (95% CI)
- Later last meal: DASH diet score, β (95% CI)
- - 0.582 (−1.072; −0.092)
- Longer eating window: glucose, β
- 3.204 (1.876; 4.532) (95% CI)
- Longer eating window: LDL-C, β
- 4.725 (1.109; 8.342) (95% CI)
- Longer eating window: LDL-C/HDL-C ratio, β
- 0.090 (0.014; 0.166) (95% CI)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Meal timing, nutritional status and diet quality in a group of Spanish children. Pediatr Obes. Published 18 March 2025. doi:10.
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