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Does eating after 8 pm really make you fat?

Does eating after 8 pm really make you fat?

Your body does not know what time it is. A late snack only adds fat when it pushes you past your whole-day calories.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Eating food after 8 pm turns it straight into body fat.

mostly false

mostly false — the clock does not decide where your food goes. Your body stores fat only when you eat more calories than you burn over the whole day. To gain 1 kg of real fat you need about 7700 extra kcal, no matter what hour you eat them.

Sources: Wishnofsky 1960 - Caloric Equivalents of Gained or Lost Weight (JAMA)
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