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A study of over 44000 Britons found that vegetarians had a 32% lower risk of hospitalization or death from ischaemic heart disease.

The EPIC Oxford study followed a total of 44561 men and women living in England and Scotland, 34% of whom consumed a vegetarian diet. After an average follow-up of 11.6 years, vegetarians had lower mean BMI, non-HDL-cholesterol concentration, and systolic blood pressure, and as a result a lower risk of ischaemic heart disease.

A study of 420 people who followed a 20-week weight-loss treatment found that late lunch eaters lost less weight.

Approximately half the people ate lunch before 3pm and half afterwards. Energy intake, dietary composition, energy expenditure, appetite hormones, and sleep duration were similar in both groups. Late eaters were more likely to be evening types, had less energetic breakfasts, and skipped breakfast more frequently that early eaters. However, neither sleep duration nor CLOCK SNPs were independently associated with weight loss.

Eating patterns have changed considerably over the last few centuries.