Meal Frequency and Timing in Health and Disease

Dear Colleagues,

The timing and frequency of eating occasions, including meals and snacks, are known to impact the development of chronic health conditions. Understanding how eating patterns interact with physiological and metabolic processes to influence health is critical for the development of dietary guidelines framed around the timing and composition of eating occasions.

This Special Issue of Nutrients, entitled Meal Frequency and Timing in Health and Disease, encourages the submission of original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-method manuscripts describing research conducted in humans that are based on this topic. Scientific reviews of the literature and manuscripts exploring novel assessments of capturing timing of eating and meal frequency associated with health outcomes are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Alison M. Coates

Guest Editor

Assoc. Prof. Jill Dorrian
Assoc. Prof. Maxine Bonham
Prof. Dr. Jonathan D. Johnston
Co-Guest Editors

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