An interventional study of Early dinner and Delayed dinner in Delayed Dinner Intervention, sponsored by National Taiwan Normal University. Recruiting at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 50 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-23.
Sponsored by National Taiwan Normal University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Basic science
The aim of this project is to investigate the impact of dinner timing on eating behaviors, physical activity and metabolic healthy in healthy adults
In the early dinner trial, participants will be required to eat dinner between 17:30 and 19:00 for a week. In the delayed dinner trial, participants will be required to eat dinner between 20:30 and 22:00 for a week. During the intervention, energy intake (3 days of weekday and 1 day of weekend), physical activity (7 days), glucose concentrations (7 days) and sleep (7 days) will be monitored continuously for both early and delayed dinner.
After intervention, body composition, cognition, food preference, metabolic health and resting metabolic rate will be measured.
218 studies on the registry are indexed under Feeding Behavior; 95 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 75 across 161 interventional studies indexed under Feeding Behavior.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Consume dinner between 17:30 and 19:00 for one week
Behavioral: Early dinner
Consume dinner between 20:30 and 22:00 for one week
Behavioral: Delayed dinner
Consume dinner between 17:30 and 19:00 for a week
Consume dinner between 20:30 and 22:00 for a week
Glucose responses
Changes in blood glucose responses between early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: During 7 days of early dinner and 7 days of delayed dinner intervention
Eating behaviour
Meal choice (i.e., energy intake in kcal) between early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: During early dinner and delayed dinner intervention (3 days of weekday and 1 day of weekend)
Sleep duration
Changes in sleep duration between early and delayed dinner intervention using MotionWatch
Time frame: During 7 days of early dinner and 7 days of delayed dinner intervention
Sleep quality
Changes in sleep quality (efficiency, %) between early and delayed dinner intervention using MotionWatch
Time frame: During 7 days of early dinner and 7 days of delayed dinner intervention
Physical activity level
Changes in physical activity level (minutes) between early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: During 7 days of early dinner and 7 days of delayed dinner intervention
Physical activity intensity
Changes in physical activity intensity (%) between early and delayed dinner intervention using wearable product
Time frame: During 7 days of early dinner and 7 days of delayed dinner intervention
Cognitive performance
Changes in computerized cognitive performance (accuracy in %) after early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: Before and after early and delayed dinner intervention
Food preference tests
Changes in food preference after early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: Before and after early and delayed dinner intervention
Resting resting metabolic rate
Changes in resting metabolic rate (kcal) after early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: Before and after early and delayed dinner intervention
Body composition
Changes in body composition (fat mass in kg and percentage) after early and delayed dinner intervention using InBody
Time frame: Before and after early and delayed dinner intervention
Blood pressure
Changes in blood pressure (diastolic and systolic blood pressure in mmHg) after early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: Before and after early and delayed dinner intervention
Pulse wave velocity
Changes in pulse wave velocity (meter per second) after early and delayed dinner intervention
Time frame: Before and after early and delayed dinner intervention
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