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It is a commonly held belief that our metabolism shuts down at eight o'clock at night. This doesn't happen. There are actually no human studies that would prove that calories eaten at night are metabolized differently than those eaten during the day. Regardless, you do see people who are nighttime eaters putting on weight.

You have to look at some of the other reasons why that might be happening. For example, if someone tends to skip meals during the day, they may arrive home exceptionally hungry and over-consume calories at night. Also, at night we tend to be less active: watching TV or using the computer, etc. If you are eating while engaged in other activities, it is known as “mindless eating”. Mindless eating means not paying attention to how much food you are consuming; the result can add up to a lot of extra calories without realizing it.

So, there is no magical time at which everything shuts down, it's a matter of how much food is being consumed and how active you are over the course of the day.