The article is a rather gross misinterpretation of the actual study, and the title is outright false.<p>The difference was narrow, separating the groups only by whether they ate lunch before or after 3PM. (i.e. only a minute or two could separate an "early" from a "late" eater).<p>"no differences were found in weight loss dependent on the timing of breakfast or dinner"<p>Worst of all, the "late" group had already been determined to be more insulin resistant (higher HOMA), which pretty much skews any such conclusions in the first place.<p>The study is almost 3 years old and was subsequently "corrected" since the NPR story, which is likewise almost 3 years old:
<a href="http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ijo2012229a.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ijo2012...</a>