Before 3PM. (I'd better starting packing a lunch)

The study, just published in the International Journal of Obesity, and carried out by researchers at Spain's University of Murcia, Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital and Tufts University in Medford, Mass, included 420 overweight men and women who lived in the Spanish seaside town of Murcia. All were monitored for 20 weeks while restricting their calorie intake to about 1,400 a day.

What researchers found was this: On average, those who ate lunch early in the day lost 22 pounds, compared with the late eaters, who lost 17 pounds--an important 5-pound difference. (It's important to note that, in Spain, lunch is the main meal of the day.)

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