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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Sleep Sci 2025; 18(01): e44-e55
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1787276
Original Article

Association between Eating-Fasting and Sleep-Wake Cycles with Eating Times and Food Consumption throughout the Day: Longitudinal Study with Pregnant Women

Cecília Silva Pereira   *
1   Nutrition Course, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
,
Laura Cristina Tibiletti Balieiro   *
1   Nutrition Course, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
,
Gabriela Pereira Teixeira
1   Nutrition Course, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
,
Cristiana Araújo Gontijo
1   Nutrition Course, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
,
Luisa Pereira Marot
1   Nutrition Course, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
,
Walid Makin Fahmy
2   Department of Obstetrics, Hospital e Maternidade Municipal Dr. Odelmo Leão Carneiro, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
,
Cibele Aparecida Crispim
1   Nutrition Course, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
,
Yara Cristina de Paiva Maia 
1   Nutrition Course, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
› Author Affiliations Funding Source This study received financial support from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Brasil, Fundaç ão de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) and CAPES.
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Abstract

Objective To investigate the associations of the sleep–eating interval with eating times and food consumption throughout the day in pregnant women.

Materials and Methods A longitudinal study with 100 pregnant women treated at the public health network in the city of Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil, during the entire gestational period. The time intervals between waking up and the first eating episode and between the last eating episode and going to sleep (independent variables) were investigated. Outcome measures were meal and sleep times, as well as food consumption throughout the day.

Results Food consumption closer to sleep at night is associated with higher total daily caloric intake in the first (β = −0.337, p = 0.016) and second trimesters (Ts) of pregnancy (β = −0.240, p = 0.023), and with longer sleep duration on weekdays (p < 0.05 for all three trimesters). We did not find associations between the wake-up to first eating episode interval and total calories (p > 0.05 for all three trimesters), but the longer this interval, the greater the percentage of calories at dinner (1T: β = 0.266, p = 0.003; 2T: β = 0.269, p = 0.045) and at the last meal (1T: β = 0.324, p = 0.001; 2T: β = 0.231, p = 0.033).

Discussion Taking longer to eat the first meal after waking up is associated with higher caloric intake later in the day, while taking longer to sleep after eating the last meal is associated with higher total daily caloric intake and shorter sleep duration, especially in the beginning and middle of pregnancy.

Keywords

food consumption - chrononutrition - gestation - mealtimes - sleep

* Cecília Silva Pereira and Laura Cristina Tibiletti Balieiro contributed equally to this work.




Publication History

Received: 21 August 2023

Accepted: 15 February 2024

Article published online:
25 June 2024

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