Kelsey Higginson says late-night eating doesn't cause weight gain by itself. The problem is what people eat: ice cream, salty snacks, sweets. A 9 PM dinner won't make you gain fat if you're not overeating.
Does eating late at night make athletes gain fat?
No, that's a myth. Most people late at night like to eat treats. Rarely are you going to be eating carrots and celery late at night, right? So we're all going to be reaching for the sweets, the salty, the savory, the yummy ice creams, and those are very calorie dense. And so sometimes if you eat too much of that, that's what's going to put on fat. But eating late at night, if you eat dinner at 9 PM, that's not going to make you magically put on fat.
