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Dietitians Recommend Light Snacks for Late-Night Festive Cravings
During the festive season, people may stay up late with friends.
Going to bed later than usual can affect when people feel like eating.
A dietitian says this can lead to late-night snacking.
If it happens often, snacking can become a habit, even when someone is not truly hungry.
She suggests waiting a little and checking how hungry you feel.
If you do need food, choose something light and easy to digest.
She advises against reaching for calorie-rich comfort foods on impulse.
Late-night gatherings may disrupt usual bedtime routines during the festive season.
A dietitian says irregular sleep habits can contribute to eating late.
Repeated late-night eating may become a habit or craving, even without physical hunger.
She recommends pausing to check whether you are truly hungry.
If hungry, choose something light and easy to digest instead of calorie-rich comfort food.
- Who
- Dietitian Aditi Prasad Apte, a senior clinical nutritionist at Aster RV Hospital.
- What
- She advises people to check whether they are truly hungry and choose light, easily digestible food if they are.
- Where
- The nutritionist is identified with Aster RV Hospital in Bengaluru.
- When
- During late-night gatherings in the festive season.
- Why
- Irregular sleep habits can contribute to late-night eating, which may become a habit even without physiological hunger.
Key facts
- Expert
- Aditi Prasad Apte
- Role
- Senior clinical nutritionist
- Hospital
- Aster RV Hospital
- Hospital location
- Bengaluru
- Suggested approach
- Pause to assess hunger, then choose something light and easy to digest if needed.
- Potential trigger
- Delayed bedtime and irregular sleeping habits
Quotes
Aditi Prasad Apte
Senior clinical nutritionist at Aster RV Hospital, Bengaluru
“Erratic sleeping habits can lead to eating during the late hours of the day and over time, this could turn into an established craving or a habit of eating even if you are not really hungry physiologically”
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