Larsen SC, et al. - In this study including 1,080 Danish men and 1,044 women aged 35-67 years, researchers assessed changes in body mass index (BMI; in kg/m²), fat mass, fat-free mass, body fat percentage, and waist circumference over 6 years in relation to eating frequency using multiple linear regression. Findings revealed that, among middle-aged Danish men and women, there was little or no impact of the total frequency of eating on adiposity. They also found a weak inverse association of intake of regular meals, but not of snack consumption, with longitudinal gains in BMI. An increase in fat mass and fat percentage was linked to an increase in daily frequency of snacking, while a consequent 6-year change in BMI of −0.16 was linked to each additional daily regular meal after 5 years.