{"id":123826,"date":"2025-09-06T08:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T08:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/123826\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T08:21:08","slug":"eating-breakfast-later-and-later-that-could-be-an-early-warning-sign-that-somethings-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/123826\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Breakfast Later and Later? That Could Be an ‘Early Warning Sign’ That Something’s Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Researchers studied nearly 3,000 adults aged 42-94 for more than 20 years, and found that \u201ceating breakfast later with aging was linked to a higher risk of death\u201d<\/p>\n

The researchers noted that shifts in mealtimes could be an \u201cearly warning sign\u201d for physicians<\/p>\n

\u201cThese results add new meaning to the saying that ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day,\u2019 \u201c one the the study authors said<\/p>\n

Eating breakfast later as you age<\/a> may be a harbinger of bad health.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeal timing, particularly later breakfast, shifts with age and may reflect broader health changes in older adults<\/a>, with implications for morbidity and longevity,\u201d researchers from Mass General Brigham said in a new study, published in Communications Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Stock image of a senior woman eating breakfast.<\/p>\n

For the study, researchers looked at data from 2,945 older adults aged 42\u201394 for more than 20\u00a0years: “We found that as people aged, they tended to eat breakfast and dinner later, and those with more health problems or a genetic tendency to stay up late also tended to eat later. Importantly, eating breakfast later with aging was linked to a higher risk of death.”<\/p>\n

\u201cOur research suggests that changes in when older adults eat, especially the timing of breakfast, could serve as an easy-to-monitor marker of their overall health status,\u201d lead author Hassan Dashti, PhD, RD<\/a>, a nutrition scientist and circadian biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, said in a Mass General Brigham press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatients and clinicians can possibly use shifts in mealtime routines as an early warning sign to look into underlying physical and mental health issues,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Stock image of a senior couple eating breakfast.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUp until now, we had a limited insight into how the timing of meals evolves later in life and how this shift relates to overall health and longevity,\u201d senior author Dr. Altug Didikoglu, MSc, of the Izmir Institute of Technology in Turkey, said in the statement. \u201cOur findings help fill that gap by showing that later meal timing, especially delayed breakfast, is tied to both health challenges and increased mortality risk in older adults.”<\/p>\n

He continued: “These results add new meaning to the saying that ‘breakfast is the most important meal of the day,\u2019 especially for older individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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