Diurnal eating rhythms: Association with long-term development of diabetes in the 1946 British birth cohort

• Published in: Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases, 2013-10, Vol.23 (10), p.1025-1030
• Main Authors: Almoosawi, S, Prynne, C.J, Hardy, R, Stephen, A.M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: body mass index; Breakfast; carbohydrate intake; carbohydrates; Cardiovascular; Circadian Rhythm; Cohort Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diet therapy; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - etiology; diet; Diet Records; Dietary Carbohydrates - administration & dosage; Dietary Carbohydrates - adverse effects; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; Dietary Fats - adverse effects; Dietary intake; dinner; Diurnal rhythm; drug therapy; energy intake; Feeding Behavior; Female; Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis; glycosylation; Health Surveys; hemoglobin; Humans; Hypoglycemic Agents - therapeutic use; Incidence; ingestion; Longitudinal Studies; lunch; Male; Meals; Middle Aged; National survey of health and development; nutrient content; nutrient density; Nutrition Assessment; odds ratio; Prospective; Prospective Studies; surveys; United Kingdom - epidemiology; waist circumference
• ISSN: 0939-4753; 1590-3729
• DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2013.01.003

Abstract Background and aims Few studies have described the association between time-of-day of macronutrient intake and diabetes. This study examined the prospective association between time-of-day and nutrient composition of eating occasions in relation to diabetes incidence in the 1946 British birth cohort. Methods and results The study included 1618 survey members who completed dietary assessment at age 43 (1989) and for whom data on glycosylated haemoglobin at age 53 years (1999) were available. Diet was assessed using 5d estimated diaries, divided into seven meal slots: breakfast, mid-morning, lunch, mid-afternoon, dinner, late evening and extras. Diabetes was defined by glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c ) ≥ 6.5% or diabetes medication use. The association between time-of-day of macronutrient intake at age 43 years and diabetes at age 53 years was assessed using logistic multivariate nutrient density models after adjustment for potential confounders. There were 66 cases of diabetes at age 53 years. Survey members with diabetes obtained 50.4% of their energy from carbohydrate at breakfast compared to 55.9% in survey members without diabetes ( P  = 0.001). Increasing carbohydrate intake at breakfast at the expense of fat was related to lower odds ratio (OR) of diabetes (OR = 0.86; 95%CI = 0.79–0.93; P