A systematic review of associations between day-to-day variability in meal pattern and body weight, components of the metabolic syndrome and cognitive function.

Between-day variability in meal pattern is a promising research area which might inform low-cost public health interventions. However, current methods of characterising between-day variability tend to make assumptions and be inconsistent in the meal pattern properties considered. Well controlled dietary intervention studies are required to confirm causation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.