Energy balance

Combining two specific night eating habits—dinner within 2 hours of bedtime and snacks after dinner (each occurring ≥3 times/week)—significantly increases the odds of developing obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m²) and dyslipidemia in both men and women, with a supra-additive interaction effect observed in women.

If you frequently eat dinner within 2 hours of bed and snack after dinner (3+ times a week), you are at a significantly higher risk for obesity and high cholesterol, especially if you are a woman. To mitigate this, try to finish your last meal earlier in the evening and avoid late-night snacking. This is particularly important for women, where the combination of these habits showed a synergistic negative effect.