The
circadian
clock
in
mammals
regulates
the
sleep/wake
cycle
and
many
associated
behavioral
physiological
processes.
cellular
mechanism
involves
a
transcriptional
negative
feedback
loop
that
gives
rise
to
rhythms
gene
expression
with
an
approximately
24-h
periodicity.
To
maintain
system
robustness,
clocks
throughout
body
must
be
synchronized
their
functions
coordinated.
In
mammals,
master
is
located
suprachiasmatic
nucleus
(SCN)
of
hypothalamus.
SCN
entrained
light/dark
through
photic
signal
transduction
subsequent
induction
core
expression.
turn
relays
time-of-day
information
peripheral
tissues.
While
highly
responsive
cues,
are
more
sensitive
non-photic
resetting
cues
such
as
nutrients,
temperature,
neuroendocrine
hormones.
For
example,
feeding/fasting
physical
activity
can
entrain
signaling
pathways
regulation
genes
proteins.
As
such,
timing
food
intake
matters.
ideal
world,
cycles
cycle.
However,
asynchronous
environmental
those
experienced
by
shift
workers
frequent
travelers,
often
lead
misalignment
between
clocks.
Emerging
evidence
suggests
resulting
disruption
various
diseases
chronic
conditions
cause
further
desynchrony
accelerate
disease
progression.
this
review,
we
discuss
how
sleep,
nutrition,
synchronize
chronomedicine
may
offer
novel
strategies
for
intervention.
Nutrients,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
14(8), P. 1549 - 1549
Published: April 8, 2022
This
narrative
review
presents
the
findings
from
intervention
studies
on
effects
of
sleep
deprivation
eating
habits,
metabolic
rate,
and
hormones
regulating
metabolism,
discusses
their
relevance
to
weight
loss
efforts.
Disturbed
sleeping
patterns
lead
increased
energy
intake,
partly
excessive
snacking,
mainly
foods
high
in
fat
carbohydrates.
The
focused
duration,
but
also
quality,
dietary
intake
during
trials,
maintenance.
It
is
important
explore
routines
that
could
enhance
efforts
obese
overweight
people
lose
weight,
maintain
loss,
improve
overall
health.
Current Diabetes Reports,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
22(4), P. 147 - 155
Published: April 1, 2022
Abstract
Purpose
of
Review
The
aim
this
short
review
is
to
provide
an
updated
commentary
on
the
current
literature
examining
impact
meal
timing
obesity
and
weight
gain
in
adults.
potential
mechanisms,
including
novel
emerging
factors,
behind
food
intake
across
24-h
period
development
obesity,
dietary
strategies
manipulating
ameliorate
are
also
explored.
Recent
Findings
Dietary
patterns
that
feature
outside
regular
daytime
hours
can
contribute
circadian
disruption
as
metabolised
opposition
internal
daily
rhythms
feedback
timekeeping
mechanisms
setting
these
rhythms.
Epidemiological
evidence
late
beginning
suggest
eating
at
night
increases
risk
over
time.
Mechanisms
contributing
include
changes
efficiency
metabolism
day,
dysregulation
appetite
hormone
gut
microbiota
by
mis-timed
meals.
Summary
When
meals
eaten,
relation
time
increasingly
considered
importance
when
implementing
change
order
address
growing
burden
although
further
research
required
determine
optimal
patterns.
Journal of Pineal Research,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
76(4)
Published: May 1, 2024
Abstract
The
circadian
timing
system
controls
glucose
metabolism
in
a
time‐of‐day
dependent
manner.
In
mammals,
the
consists
of
main
central
clock
bilateral
suprachiasmatic
nucleus
(SCN)
anterior
hypothalamus
and
subordinate
clocks
peripheral
tissues.
oscillations
produced
by
these
different
with
period
approximately
24‐h
are
generated
transcriptional‐translational
feedback
loops
set
core
genes.
Glucose
homeostasis
is
one
daily
rhythms
controlled
this
system.
pacemaker
SCN
through
its
neural
projections
to
hypothalamic
hubs
that
control
feeding
behavior
energy
metabolism.
Using
hormones
such
as
adrenal
glucocorticoids
melatonin
autonomic
nervous
system,
modulates
critical
processes
production
insulin
sensitivity.
Peripheral
tissues,
liver,
muscle,
adipose
tissue
serve
enhance
sustain
signals.
optimal
situation
all
synchronized
aligned
environmental
light/dark
cycle.
A
negative
impact
on
becomes
apparent
when
internal
disturbed,
also
known
desynchrony
or
misalignment.
Circadian
may
occur
at
several
levels,
mistiming
light
exposure
sleep
will
especially
affect
clock,
whereas
food
intake
physical
activity
involve
clocks.
review,
we
summarize
literature
investigating
how
it
result
development
resistance.
addition,
discuss
potential
strategies
aimed
reinstating
synchrony
improve
sensitivity
contribute
prevention
type
2
diabetes.
Nutrients,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(1), P. 169 - 169
Published: Jan. 2, 2025
Aims:
To
evaluate
the
effectiveness
of
a
dual
approach
involving
time-restricted
eating
(TRE)
at
different
times
day
combined
with
physical
activity
(PA)
on
functional
capacity
and
metabolic
health
in
overweight
or
obese
women.
Methods:
Random
allocation
sixty-one
participants
into
four
groups:
early
plus
(ETRE-PA,
n
=
15,
31.8
±
10.76
years,
89.68
13.40
kg,
33.5
5.53
kg/m2),
late
(LTRE-PA,
30.60
7.94
94.45
15.36
34.37
7.09
only
(LTRE,
27.93
9.79
88.32
10.36
32.71
5.15
kg/m2)
control
group
(CG,
36.25
11.52
89.01
11.68
33.66
6.18
kg/m2).
The
intervention
lasted
for
12
weeks
all
groups.
Both
ETRE-PA
LTRE-PA
groups
engaged
rigorous
aerobic
resistance-training
program.
Results:
Significant
reductions
body
weight
mass
index
were
observed
compared
to
CG
LTRE
post-intervention
(p
<
0.0005).
Only
exhibited
significant
decrease
fat
0.02),
low-density
lipoprotein
cholesterol
0.01),
aspartate
aminotransferase
0.002).
alanine
levels
0.004)
0.02)
These
two
latter
achieved
higher
performances
6-min
walking
test,
bench
press,
30-s
squat,
crunch
vertical
jump
0.0005
both),
leg
extension
0.02
both)
when
Conclusion:
integration
TRE
PA
leads
greater
improvements
composition,
lipid
profile,
performance,
no
differences
between
approaches.
This
strategy
offers
promising
solution
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
122(8)
Published: Feb. 18, 2025
Late-day
eating
is
linked
to
increased
obesity
risk;
however,
whether
the
endogenous
circadian
system
independently
influences
caloric
intake
and
if
this
control
differs
among
individuals
based
on
weight
status
unknown.
Here,
we
investigated
in
adolescents
independent
roles
of
behavioral
sleep/wake
cycle
(sleep/wake,
fasting/eating,
rest/activity,
dark/dim
light,
social
interaction,
posture,
etc.)
self-selected
using
a
Forced
Desynchrony
protocol.
Fifty-one
male
female
across
three
categories
(24
with
healthy
weight,
13
overweight,
14
obesity)
completed
protocol
where
participants
lived
seven
28-h
cycles
dim
light
during
wake
complete
darkness
sleep.
Results
suggest
that
each
affected
intake,
decrease
episode
an
increase
from
morning
evening
intake.
The
rhythm
showed
peak-to-trough
difference
196
[CI
95%
164,
226]
kcal
per
meal
peak
timing
296°
[288°,
304°;
equivalent
~17:30
these
participants].
In
those
overweight/obesity,
more
calories
were
consumed
later
waking
cycle,
blunted
amplitudes
compared
weight.
implicate
both
shaping
daily
food
Furthermore,
results
help
explain
drive
for
toward
evening,
especially
at
risk
obesity.
Frontiers in Network Physiology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
1
Published: Oct. 12, 2021
The
circadian
clock
in
mammals
regulates
the
sleep/wake
cycle
and
many
associated
behavioral
physiological
processes.
cellular
mechanism
involves
a
transcriptional
negative
feedback
loop
that
gives
rise
to
rhythms
gene
expression
with
an
approximately
24-h
periodicity.
To
maintain
system
robustness,
clocks
throughout
body
must
be
synchronized
their
functions
coordinated.
In
mammals,
master
is
located
suprachiasmatic
nucleus
(SCN)
of
hypothalamus.
SCN
entrained
light/dark
through
photic
signal
transduction
subsequent
induction
core
expression.
turn
relays
time-of-day
information
peripheral
tissues.
While
highly
responsive
cues,
are
more
sensitive
non-photic
resetting
cues
such
as
nutrients,
temperature,
neuroendocrine
hormones.
For
example,
feeding/fasting
physical
activity
can
entrain
signaling
pathways
regulation
genes
proteins.
As
such,
timing
food
intake
matters.
ideal
world,
cycles
cycle.
However,
asynchronous
environmental
those
experienced
by
shift
workers
frequent
travelers,
often
lead
misalignment
between
clocks.
Emerging
evidence
suggests
resulting
disruption
various
diseases
chronic
conditions
cause
further
desynchrony
accelerate
disease
progression.
this
review,
we
discuss
how
sleep,
nutrition,
synchronize
chronomedicine
may
offer
novel
strategies
for
intervention.
Advances in Nutrition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(2), P. 295 - 316
Published: Feb. 1, 2023
Workers
employed
in
rotating
shift
schedules
are
at
a
higher
metabolic
risk
compared
with
those
regular
day
and
fixed
schedules;
however,
the
contribution
of
diet
is
unclear.
This
systematic
review
aimed
to
investigate
how
work
affect
dietary
energy
intake
patterns
schedules.
In
addition,
intraperson
pattern
comparisons
within
were
investigated.
Database
searches
conducted
on
MEDLINE,
Cochrane,
CINAHL,
PSYCinfo,
EMBASE,
Scopus,
addition
manual
search
bibliographic
references,
identify
articles.
Two
separate
meta-analyses
between
rotational
group
(morning/day
night
shifts).
Differences
synthesized
narratively.
Thirty-one
studies
(n
=
18,196
participants)
included
review,
24-hour
mean
data
from
18
16,633
7
327
studies,
respectively.
The
average
workers
was
significantly
than
that
daytime
[weighted
difference
(WMD):
264
kJ;
95%
confidence
interval
(CI):
70,
458
P
<
0.008;
I
Nutrients,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 734 - 734
Published: Feb. 1, 2023
The
circadian
system
in
the
human
body
responds
to
daily
environmental
changes
optimise
behaviour
according
biological
clock
and
also
influences
various
physiological
processes.
suprachiasmatic
nuclei
are
located
anterior
hypothalamus
of
brain,
they
synchronise
24
h
light/dark
cycle.
Human
functions
highly
dependent
on
regulation
internal
clock.
Skeletal
muscles
comprise
largest
collection
peripheral
clocks
body.
Both
central
regulate
interaction
between
musculoskeletal
energy
metabolism.
skeletal
muscle
plays
a
vital
role
lipid
glucose
pathogenesis
osteoporosis
is
related
an
alteration
rhythm.
In
present
review,
we
discuss
disturbance
rhythm
its
resultant
effect
system.
We
nutritional
strategies
that
potentially
effective
maintaining
system's
homeostasis.
Active
collaborations
nutritionists
physiologists
field
chronobiological
chrononutrition
will
further
clarify
these
interactions.
This
review
may
be
necessary
for
successful
interventions
reducing
morbidity
mortality
resulting
from
disturbances.