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Chronotype Polygenic Score and the Timing and Quality of Workplace Cafeteria Purchases: Secondary Analysis of the ChooseWell 365 Randomized Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Studies on the link between chronotype (i.e., propensity for morning or evening preference) and dietary intake have relied on self-reported data, estimating consumption, and chronotype from questionnaires.

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the associations between genetically proxied evening chronotype, objectively estimated workplace dietary choices, and the effectiveness of a behavioral intervention in hospital employees enrolled in the ChooseWell 365 study.

METHODS: ChooseWell 365 was a randomized trial of a 12-mo automated, personalized intervention to prevent weight gain and improve diet. Cafeteria sales data were used to measure the timing and healthfulness of workplace food purchases of employees during the 12-mo-long baseline, intervention, and postintervention follow-up periods. A genome-wide polygenic score for evening chronotype was calculated for all participants and the population was divided into quartiles; the highest quartile indicated the most evening chronotype. Associations between polygenic score quartiles and workplace purchases at baseline, 12 mo, and 24 mo and changes from baseline at 12 and 24 mo were tested using adjusted multivariable linear regression models.

RESULTS: At baseline, the highest chronotype quartile was associated with self-reported breakfast skipping. Over the 24-mo study, the highest quartile was associated with later timing of the first workplace purchase, but not with the healthfulness of purchases. There were no differences by the chronotype quartile in the effectiveness of the ChooseWell 365 intervention in improving employees' healthy food choices at work.

CONCLUSIONS: A chronotype polygenic score was associated with breakfast skipping and later workplace mealtimes of hospital employees, but not with the nutritional quality of objectively measured workplace food purchases. In addition, employees across the chronotype spectrum benefited from the workplace healthy eating intervention.This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02660086 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02660086?cond=NCT02660086&draw=2&rank=1).

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