Shift workers are more vulnerable to depression and anxiety compared to individuals who work during the daytime. This study suggests that confining eating to daytime may be beneficial to mood.
Beating the blues with food? A new study adds evidence that meal timing may affect mental health, including levels of depression- and anxiety-related mood.
Get latest articles and stories on Lifestyle at LatestLY. Investigators have designed a study that simulated night work and then tested the effects of daytime and nighttime eating versus daytime eating only. The team found that, among participants in the daytime and nighttime eating group, depression-like mood levels increased by 26 per cent and anxiety-like mood levels by 16 per cent. Participants in the daytime-only eating group did not experience this increase, suggesting that meal timing may influence mood vulnerability. Lifestyle News | Daytime Eating May Benefit Mental Health: Study.