Does eating at night increase mortality risk?

Article title: Night eating in timing, frequency, and food quality and risks of all-cause, cancer, and diabetes mortality: findings from national health and nutrition examination survey (bit of a mouthful)

From the conclusion: Night eating was associated with increased all-cause, cancer and diabetes mortality

May the risks come from less sleep as a consequence of night eating and not from eating itself?

Head over to the full text (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899630/) and find in the page for “sleep”. Excerpt:

> Covariates included … drinking status (never drinker/past drinker/current drinker), body mass index (kg/m2), physical activity (metabolic equivalent hours per week (METs-h/week), sleep hours (hours/day)

They also break down sleep hours by cohort, with roughly 12 minutes/day less sleep among high nighttime eaters.

Better Headline:

Late-night Noshing on Cookies and Milk, House After House After House - Santa Is Doomed!