Claim: A study of eating times and diabetes shows you can reduce your risk of developing the disease by eating earlier meals.
Fact-check: Food study didn't show that later breakfasts raise diabetes risk - Full Fact
Verdict: the study suggested an association, meaning that people who eat earlier meals were less likely to get diabetes. this doesn't mean that eating earlier can reduce the risk, as the researchers have confirmed.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Dr Fergus Brown
Date published: 2023-08-09T00:00:00