{"id":734,"date":"2025-09-25T08:13:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T06:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/?post_type=news&#038;p=734"},"modified":"2025-09-08T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:14:13","slug":"breakfast-shifting-it-by-60-minutes-after-the-age-of-60-increases-mortality-by-8","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/en\/news\/petit-dejeuner-le-decaler-de-60-minutes-apres-60-ans-augmente-la-mortalite-de-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast: postponing it by 60 minutes after the age of 60 increases mortality by 8%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A British study by the University of Manchester (1983-2017, 2,945 senior citizens) shows that the gradual delay in mealtimes with age is not harmless: each hour's delay in eating breakfast increases mortality by 8 to 11 %.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When age upsets the mealtime clock, particularly breakfast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants (mean age 64, 71.5 % female) reported at inclusion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Breakfast <\/strong>8.22 am (\u00b143 min)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lunch<\/strong> 12h38 (\u00b130 min)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dinner<\/strong> 17:51 (\u00b153 min)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, breakfast was delayed by <strong>+7.94 minutes per decade<\/strong> (adjusted: +2.89 min), while dinner slipped from <strong>+3.67 minutes<\/strong>. On average, breakfast was eaten 31 minutes after waking up and dinner 5.38 hours before bedtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 22 years of follow-up (63,388 participant-years), 2,361 deaths were recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Quantified risk<\/strong> Each hour's delay in eating breakfast increases mortality by 11 % (HR: 1.11; IC 95 %: 1.03-1.18).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Survival to 10 years<\/strong> 89.5 % for \u201cearly eaters\u201d versus 86.7 % for \u201clate eaters\u201d, i.e. 2,800 avoidable deaths per 100,000 senior citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delaying breakfast: aggravating factors and risk profiles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysis of 19 diseases using the Cornell Medical Index reveals associations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fatigue and depression<\/strong> breakfast delayed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anxiety<\/strong> shortened food window<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oral health<\/strong> Earlier dinner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A sub-sample of 1,226 genotyped subjects confirmed the effect of chronotypes: each standard deviation in the polygenic \u201cvesperality\u201d score delayed breakfast by 7.2 minutes, lunch by 3.1 min and dinner by 3.9 min.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/43856_2025_1035_Fig2_HTML-839x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Breakfast time and morbidity in older people\" class=\"wp-image-735\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heat map of associations between physical and psychological illness, multimorbidity (Cornell Medical Index) and mealtimes, including breakfast<br>Communications Medicine (Commun Med) ISSN 2730-664X (online)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors acknowledge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the lack of standardisation of chrononutrition measurements,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the impossibility of assessing day-to-day variability,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a selection bias linked to the health of elderly participants,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the absence of data on meal frequency or nutritional composition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Food timing: a new biomarker for predicting longevity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The timing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/en\/news\/what-the-alpha-generation-eats\/\" data-type=\"news\" data-id=\"580\">meal<\/a> is emerging as a simple, predictive biomarker. It paves the way for :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Personalised nutrition<\/strong> according to chronotype (stimulating formulations in the morning for vesper profiles, prolonged energy for morning people).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chronoactive solutions<\/strong> for seniors: food monitoring in residences, early detection tools for carers, targeted ingredients.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The study concludes that randomised clinical trials are needed to validate the potential of food timing as a longevity strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Is late breakfast really the death knell?<\/em> This 34-year-old British study provides a quantified answer: yes, and with an 8% additional risk per hour of time difference. For the nutraceutical industry, this represents the emergence of a new, accessible and predictive biomarker.<br><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Reference:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43856-025-01035-x?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_content=null&amp;utm_campaign=CONR_JRNLS_AWA1_GL_PCOM_SMEDA_NATUREPORTFOLIO\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43856-025-01035-x?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=organic_social&amp;utm_content=null&amp;utm_campaign=CONR_JRNLS_AWA1_GL_PCOM_SMEDA_NATUREPORTFOLIO\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Hassan S. Dashti et al, \u00abMeal timing trajectories in older adults and their associations with morbidity, genetic profiles, and mortality\u00bb, Communications Medicine, vol. 5, Article 385 (2025).<\/a><br><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false},"class_list":["post-734","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nutrimedia.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}