''For years, we said a calorie is a calorie no matter when you consume it,'' says dietitian Joy Dubost, a spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. ''I don’t know if we can say that anymore, based on todays research. The timing of a meal may potentially have an impact''. Most of the studies on late-night eating show that at least 25 percent of daily calories are consumed at night.
When food is consumed late at night anywhere from after dinner to outside a person’s typical sleep/wake cycle — the body is more likely to store those calories as fat and gain weight rather than burn it as energy.
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