The phrase "meal consumption" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to the amount of food that someone eats or the number of meals someone has within a particular period of time. For example: "Studies have shown a direct correlation between regular exercise and decreased meal consumption."
All times presented here are relative to the end of meal consumption.
Worksite and university canteens are increasingly used for daily main meal consumption.
Measurements of resting metabolic rate, thermic effect of food, and postprandial energy expenditure were conducted with indirect calorimetry that recorded O2 consumed and CO2 produced one-half hour before meal consumption and 6 hours after meal consumption.
Meal consumption reduced blood pH (P =.011); however, pH was higher in horses receiving buffer (P =.012).
Elapsed time between meal consumption and task initiation was ∼30 min, and elapsed time between completing the Hunger Scales and task initiation was ∼10 min.
In all studies VAS were recorded for 30 min to 5 h post-meal, when FI was assessed by ad libitum meal consumption.
In all studies, scores on several VAS were recorded for 30 min to 5 h post-meal, when EI was assessed by ad libitum meal consumption.
Design for the clinical study by controlling the meal consumption and physical activity of the subjects for 7 days was approved by IRB at P Hospital (No.2011075).
Research on the association between school meal consumption and overall dietary intake post-Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act implementation is limited.
We therefore hypothesized that in-between meal consumption of fruit juice leads to a positive energy balance and increases metabolic risk, whereas intake of juice together with three main meals can prevent these adverse effects.
Fig. 1 Timeline of measurements and meal consumption.
