Mice become Obese WITHOUT Consuming Any More Calories

Thanks Sven.

Sucks to be a mouse. No idea what an unnatural time is either.

There are at least four other studies like this demonstrating that you can fatten mice WITHOUT feeding them any more calories.

How many are there showing these same results in humans?

I guess it\s a good thing no one on here is a mouse.

Mice and humans will not react the same when given the same circumstances.

Just because mice will gain weight eating at certain times doesn't mean humans will. Don't compare yourself to a mouse.

What?

Many studies show that there is a correlation with obesity related disease and night eating and night shift workers. The mechanism is not really known in humans but scientists think it could be the same as what is observed in these mice.

This statement doesn't apply to everyone... a lot of people on night shift don't eat properly and therefore gain weight. It's how my mother gained all her weight. She was tired all the time from not getting enough sleep and didn't have the energy to cook so she ate crap foods for years. A lot of people do that. With being tired and strapped for time people don't always make the best choices and tend to exercise less.

While on night shift my mother ended up losing almost 100lbs. She made ways to get more sleep and get more exercise in as well as she prepared proper foods.. healthy foods. With an effort night shift workers can lose weight.

Just because you work the night shift doesn't mean you will gain weight.

Meal timing has no affect on weight loss/weight gain as long as the person makes proper choices.

Not all calories are created equal.

Good thing we have studies on humans showing that nocturnal eating habits aren't detrimental:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17909674
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3508745

Many studies show that there is a correlation with obesity related disease and night eating and night shift workers. The mechanism is not really known in humans but scientists think it could be the same as what is observed in these mice.

Could you please cite the studies? Now, I am going on anecdotal evidence here but I have had no problems making gains while working on the night shift.

Whoops SideSteel beat me to it.

So, I guess these 45 pounds I lost don't mean anything? Guess I should stop eating during my lunch break.

/night shift worker

So were the experiment mice as active as the control mice? Or does the study even mention it?

Because, honestly, unless you say yes, I'm not going to bother reading it. Correlation does not equal causation... and not every study is legitimately modeled after the scientific method.

Wish I was a cat in that study.

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Oh wait... the mice that ate at night couldn't possibly have been as active as the control mice...


Because mice aren't NOCTURNAL.

You didn't even link to the study itself. The media love to grab on to sensational little tidbits like this and hand-pick what they want to publish about it. They know the headline will get you to read it. Who cares how legitimate the study is?

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Good thing we have studies on humans showing that nocturnal eating habits aren't detrimental:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17909674
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3508745

^ that

I was already working night shift when I started losing fat and getting healthier. Nearing 200 lbs lost with another 90-100 more to go to reach my goal weight. Is it hard? At times it is. It's also slowed down, but it's not impossible.