Table 1.
Differences in meal timing between weekends and weekdays in the population studied.
| Meal Timing Variables | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
| Breakfast | |
| Weekdays, hh:mm | 08:21 (01:15) |
| Weekends, hh:mm | 10:24 (01:08) |
| p-value a | <0.001 |
| Breakfast jet lag, h | 2.0 (1.2) |
| Lunch | |
| Weekdays, hh:mm | 14:15 (01:09) |
| Weekends, hh:mm | 14:53 (00:58) |
| p-value a | <0.001 |
| Lunch jet lag, h | 0.9 (0.8) |
| Dinner | |
| Weekdays, hh:mm | 21:17 (00:47) |
| Weekends, hh:mm | 21:32 (00:56) |
| p-value a | <0.001 |
| Dinner jet lag, h | 0.5 (0.7) |
| Eating midpoint | |
| Weekdays, h | 15:09 (01:28) |
| Weekends, h | 16:01 (01:18) |
| p-value a | <0.001 |
| Eating jet lag, h | 1.3 (0.9) |
SD, Standard deviation. Data are expressed as mean (SD). a Paired t-tests were used to compare the mean of the timing of breakfast, lunch, and dinner and eating duration on weekends versus weekdays. Significant p-values < 0.05 are shown in bold.