Eating dinner late raises the risk of piling on the pounds, warns a new study. Dining just before bedtime also fuels the danger of diabetes by increasing blood sugar levels, according to the findings.
Researchers compared the effects among the same group of people of eating dinner at 6pm and 10pm. More than 2.1 billion adults worldwide are estimated to be overweight or obese which make potentially fatal health complications such as diabetes and high blood pressure more likely.
Some previous studies have suggested that consuming calories later in the day is associated with obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Corresponding author of the new study Doctor Jonathan Jun, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US, said: "This study