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ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2025

Early meal timing attenuates high polygenic risk of obesity.

R De la Peña-Armada, María Rodríguez-Martín, Hassan S Dashti, Ana Isabel Cascales, Frank A J L Scheer, Richa Saxena, Marta Garaulet

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Article in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors.

R De la Peña-ArmadaDepartment of Nutrition and Food Science, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1418-9812
María Rodríguez-MartínDepartment of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9877-7728
Hassan S DashtiDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1650-679X
Ana Isabel CascalesDepartment of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-7534
Frank A J L ScheerDivision of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-7582
Richa SaxenaDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2233-1065
Marta GarauletDepartment of Physiology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4066-3509

Funding

Impact of Malatonin, Food Timing and Receptor Variant on Type 2 Diabetes RiskR01DK105072 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SAXENA, RICHA, SCHEER, FRANK A · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS NIDDK R01DK105072NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK105072Seneca Foundation 20795/PI/18Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities PID2020-112768RB-I00Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities PID2023-146183OB-I00
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWe examined whether meal timing is associated with long-term weight-loss maintenance and whether meal timing interacts with a genome-wide polygenic score (PRS-BMI) on body weight-related outcomes. We then examined the interaction of meal timing with 97 BMI-related single-nucleotide polymorphisms on obesity outcome.

methodsParticipants (N = 1195, mean age 41.07 [SD 12.68] years, female 80.8%, baseline mean BMI 31.32 [SD 5.53] kg/m

resultsEach hour of delay in meal timing was associated with 2.2% higher long-term body weight (β [SE] = 2.177% [1.067%]; p = 0.042) (i.e., with lower weight-loss maintenance following dietary obesity treatment). There was a significant interaction between meal timing and PRS-BMI (p = 0.008); BMI increased by more than 2 kg/m

conclusionsMeal timing is associated with weight-loss maintenance and may influence the association between obesity genetics and BMI. Findings underscore the importance of personalized obesity management.

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MealsMultifactorial InheritanceObesityAdultBody Mass IndexFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsTime FactorsWeight Loss

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PMCPMC12304843

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