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This study examines the acute impact of eating an "early" versus "late" dinner. "Early" and "late" will be customized to individuals based on the individuals' own circadian rhythms. Healthy adults will have the adults' circadian rhythm assessed by measuring the adults' dim light melatonin onset (DLMO). Based on the timing of DLMO, participants will be randomized to eating dinner before DLMO or after DLMO. The investigators will also compare the effects of delaying sleep relative to dinner time. Participants will eat meals in the laboratory and have serial plasma samples collected to examine profiles of free fatty acids, glucose, insulin, triglycerides, and oxidation of dietary fat.


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Obesity is a worldwide health problem. Recent studies suggest that the timing of meals may be critically important for weight control and cardiovascular health. Consuming calories later in the day is associated with greater risks of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease. Interventional diet studies also show more effective weight loss with early, rather than later eating. The investigators conducted a randomized crossover study comparing the metabolic effect of a "routine" dinner (RD,18:00) with that of an isocaloric "late" dinner (LD, 22:00) in 20 healthy volunteers. The investigators recently published results of this study, which the investigators now refer to as "Dinner Time 1". Relative to RD, LD increased post-dinner glucose peak by ~18% and lowered palmitate oxidation by ~10%. However, it is still unclear whether LD-induced impaired metabolic dysfunction is caused by eating at the "wrong" time relative to the body's central circadian clock, or it is caused by eating too close to bedtime, when sleep reduces metabolic demands. To address this question, the investigators are now enlarging the scope of the present study, which the investigators now refer to as "Dinner Time 2". In Dinner Time 2, the investigators will examine the impacts of early dinner, late dinner, and the impact of delaying sleep after late dinner. The investigators will compare (1) the impact of early dinner time with later dinner time relative to DLMO with a routine sleep time; and (2) the impact of routine bedtime with late bedtime with a fixed late dinner time. The investigators will examine the nocturnal and next-morning metabolic profile in a 3-arm randomized crossover study of healthy volunteers: Arm 1: Early Dinner (dinner at DLMO-3, sleep at DLMO+2) Arm 2: Late Dinner (dinner at DLMO+1, sleep at DLMO+2) Arm 3: Late Dinner/Late Sleep (dinner at DLMO+1, sleep at DLMO+6) The investigators will use serial blood sampling to assess the metabolic response to meals, and use an ingested stable isotope [(2H31)palmitate] tracer to calculate the oxidation of dietary lipid eaten at the different times. ;


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NCT number NCT04671797
Study type Interventional
Source Johns Hopkins University
Contact Athena Mavronis, MS
Phone (410) 550-4588
Email amavron1@jhmi.edu
Status Recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date January 15, 2021
Completion date June 1, 2025

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