Emily Manoogian

At a glance

• American researcher at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California, focusing on circadian rhythms and meal timing.
• First author of a randomised trial of time-restricted eating (an eating window of eight to ten hours) in adults with metabolic syndrome, published in Annals of Internal Medicine (2024).
• Earlier studied firefighters working 24-hour shifts, testing whether a fixed eating window is feasible for shift workers and how it affects cardiometabolic health (Cell Metabolism, 2022).
• Also writes reviews on what time-restricted eating can and cannot do, and contributes to studies on eating patterns, sleep and blood sugar in people with obesity or type 2 diabetes.
• Her studies often use an app in which participants photograph their meals, so that eating times in daily life can be measured accurately.
• Relevant because she tests ‘when to eat’ in clinical settings rather than preaching it: a useful source for judging how solid fasting and eating-window advice really is.