For years, nutrition science kept returning to the same question: what is on your plate? Now researchers are looking at another part of the equation: does the time you eat change how your body responds to food? It is called chrononutrition, and it has become a growing area of nutrition research. Scientists are examining whether meal timing may interact with the body’s internal clock and the systems connected to sleep, hormones, and metabolism. The question is no longer only what people eat, but