Eating breakfast later could impact mortality as we age: Study

(NewsNation) — A new study has found that eating meals like breakfast later in the day as we age, could negatively impact our health and even increase the risk of death.

Researchers at Mass General Brigham examined data collected from 3,000 older adults in the U.K. over the course of several decades, in order to understand how meal timing changes with age and how it relates to health and longevity. The data revealed that as people age, they tend to eat breakfast and dinner later.

However, this shift in meal timing also revealed some shifts in health. Researchers found that eating breakfast later was associated with physical and psychological illnesses, fatigue, oral health problems, depression and even an increased mortality.

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