Pablo J. Fernández-Marcos

Research published in Science concludes that mice that feed at night - the active phase of their daily circadian cycle - burn more calories, mitigating the development of obesity.

Caloric restriction (substantially reducing food intake in a controlled way) prolongs longevity in many animal species. A new result in mice, published in Science, finds that this effect is greater if the animals only eat during the body's natural active phase.