Even if the same amount is eaten, it differs depending on if it's in a time-restricted window or spread throughout the day. That is not intuitive and indeed goes counter to the prevailing advice of eating many small meals throughout the day.
Thanks for pointing that out. Still, it makes sense to me that excess input energy in the short term will leave to 'wasted' energy. Ie less calories taken in
I'm not convinced that the system wouldn't adapt over a longer time period to allow for higher throughput removing the effect
