What difference does the timing of meals over the day make?

If you eat three meals a day, does it make a difference if they are taken within, say, an 8-hour window or a 14-hour one?

Lewis O’Shaughnessy, Nottingham, UK

Human metabolism is incredibly complex and no one has developed the perfect way to cheat the system and lose weight.

Time-restricted fasting has become a popular way to lose weight or retain a healthy weight, but, on the whole, studies have shown little impact to body weight when the only variable is the time over which we eat. Where there have been reports of weight loss resulting from time-restricted fasting, these…