However, a new study has shown that those who eat one meal a day and skipping meals is associated with dying from any cause.
Those who eat three meals a day but with at least two meals less than 4.5 hours apart were also more likely to die from any cause.
Lead author Dr Yangbo Sun, Department of Preventive Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, noted this comes as intermittent fasting becomes an increasingly popular diet.