Daily eating habit linked to better brain health in older adults, new research suggests

Eating within a shorter daily window could help support brain health as people age, according to new research. Preliminary findings presented at NUTRITION 2026 — the American Society for Nutrition’s annual meeting in Maryland — suggests that older women who ate within eight to nine hours per day saw slight cognitive improvement compared to those who spread their meals over about 12 hours each day. The small six-month trial included 47 postmenopausal obese or overweight women aged 50 to 79 . They