Self-Reported Weekend Temporal Eating Patterns of American Adults Differ From Weekday: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys: 2015-2020 Prepandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weekend-weekday differences in time of ingestive events may be implicated in adverse metabolic and health outcomes. However, little is known about the nature of weekend-weekday differences in temporal eating behaviors of the US adult population.

Objective

The study aimed to examine weekend-weekday differences in temporal and energy characteristics of ingestive events self-reported by American adults.

Design

Observational; within-person comparative.

Participants/setting

The data were from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 2015-March 2020 (pre-pandemic) for ≥20-year-old adults who provided 1 weekday (M-Th) and 1 weekend (F, S, Su) 24-h dietary recall (n = 3564 men and 3823 women).

Main outcome measures

Prespecified p

SUBMITTER: Kant AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11747926 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature