Consistent weight loss linked to higher meal frequency

Abstract

Obesity is a very interesting topic of study as it is directly related to human disease. Recently, we have reported that successful weight loss programs should consider the optimal timing for the brain control of weight-presetting, the fundamental of the "Lipostat theory". This previous study was the first reported long-term human self-experiment involving successful weight loss, metabolic adaptation and weightpresetting, consistent with this theory while raising new concepts, ideas and setting up the bases for further investigations. One of such investigations is reported in this review. An inverse relationship between people's habitual frequency of eating and body weight was consistently observed, suggesting that "snack-eating" may help to avoid obesity, further supporting other previously published meal frequency studies.