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by lebski88 1251 days ago
It's just a clumsy sentence. They are trying to say that modern lifestyle leads to obesity, not fasting.
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> Eating in misalignment with the biological clock (e.g., skipping breakfast and consuming bigger meals in the evening or eating late at night) is associated with an increased risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes (1, 2). On the other hand, popular trends such as breakfast or dinner skipping are advertised for weight management; however, conclusive scientific evidence to support these suppositions is lacking (3)

First sentences of the introduction.

> In conclusion, a causal role of breakfast skipping for the development of obesity is not supported by the present data.

Last sentence of the paper.