Type 2 & other diabetes

Objective Determination of Eating Occasion Timing: Combining Self-Report, Wrist Motion, and Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Detect Eating Occasions in Adults With Prediabetes and Obesity

J Diabetes Sci TechnolPublished Observational methods comparison study

Authors' conclusion

The continuous glucose monitor and WM detected overlapping but not identical meals and may provide complementary information to self-reported EO.

Study context

Population
Adults with prediabetes or moderately controlled T2D and obesity; 59 ± 11 years, 62% female, 51% White, body mass index (BMI) 34.2 ± 4.7 kg/m²; monitored for 10 days
Participants
39 adults
Exposure
Eating occasion timing by wrist motion and continuous glucose monitor (CGM) vs self-report
Outcome
Time-of-day of first eating occasion

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

SR

08:24

median · IQR 07:00-09:59

Wrist motion (WM)

9:42

median · IQR 07:46-12:26

CGM

06:55

median · IQR 04:23-10:03

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

OutcomeSRWMCGM
Time-of-day of last eating occasionmedian 20:20 (IQR 16:50-21:42)median 20:12 (IQR 18:30-21:41)median 21:43 (IQR 20:35-22:16)

Overlap of eating occasions (EOs) detected vs SR (tolerance ±30, 60 and 120 minutes)

Overlap SR and CGM
55% to 80%
Overlap SR and WM
52% to 65%

Original publication

Objective Determination of Eating Occasion Timing: Combining Self-Report, Wrist Motion, and Continuous Glucose Monitoring to Detect Eating Occasions in Adults With Prediabetes and Obesity. J Diabetes Sci Technol. Published 25 September 2023. doi:10.1177/19322968231197205

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