People who eat more often during the day tend to drink less alcohol relative to their total food intake.

People who eat more often during the day tend to get more of their calories from carbs and less from alcohol, which is generally considered healthier.

Men who eat fewer meals per day are more likely to smoke, drink more alcohol, and be less physically active than men who eat more often.

Even when men ate the same number of total calories, those who ate fewer meals were still more likely to be obese, meaning it’s not just about how much they eat, but when and how often.

Men who eat only three meals or fewer a day are more than twice as likely to be obese compared to men who snack and eat more often, even when they eat the same total amount of food.

Low meal frequency is correlated with unhealthy lifestyle behaviors (smoking, physical inactivity, heavy alcohol consumption), which independently contribute to central adiposity.