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Effects of Time-Restricted Feeding during Ramadan on Dietary Intake, Body Composition and Metabolic Outcomes.
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- The effect of Ramadan fasting on anthropometric and body composition of healthy adults within different time points: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
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- Effectiveness of an intermittent fasting diet versus regular diet on fat loss in overweight and obese middle-aged and elderly people without metabolic disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Pooled it
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- The Impacts of Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on Saliva Flow-Rate and Metabolic Data: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Ramadan fasting induces temporal gut microbiome remodeling without metabolic improvement in adults with prediabetes.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Metabolic profiles and hepatic steatosis assessed by controlled attenuation parameter and elastography during Ramadan fasting in San Antonio, United States.World journal of radiology · 2026Article
- Diwaniyyah, dietary habits and daily activity during Ramadan among Kuwaiti Men.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- Time-of-Day Defines the Risk of Thermally Abused Frying Oil to Renal Injury by Modulating the Diurnal Dynamics of Oxylipins.Exploration (Beijing, China) · 2026Article
- Overdiagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus during Ramadan: a retrospective population-based study in Catalonia, Spain.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Mental Health, Sleep, and Physical Activity Among Young Saudi Women During Ramadan: A Comparative Cohort Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- Sleep and chrononutrition: a narrative review.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2025Review
- Largest-Scale Genomic Resource Reconstructing the Genetic Origin, Population Structure, and Biological Adaptations of the Hui People.Molecular biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Navigating Ramadan Fasting Following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Clinical Insights and Patient Experiences.Cureus · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Breakfast Consumption or Omission on Exercise Performance and Adaptations: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Dietary assessment in intermittent fasting: validation of a short food frequency questionnaire vs. food records in diurnal dry fasting and time-restricted eating.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- A multicenter mixed-methods study on the effects of intermittent fasting in patients with immune thrombocytopenia receiving thrombopoietin receptor agonists.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Body Weight Changes During Ramadan Intermittent Fasting: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthy Adults in Turkey.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2025Article
- Chrono-nutrition and sleep: lessons from the temporal feature of eating patterns in human studies - A systematic scoping review.Sleep medicine reviews · 2024Article
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Abstract
Ramadan fasting is a form of time-restricted feeding which combines a fast and feast period daily for a duration of one month every year. During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food and drink consumption from dawn till sunset and this change in the meal schedule and frequency results in significant changes to the composition of the diet, such as energy and nutrient intake. These changes in dietary habits and their corresponding effects on cardiometabolic disease risk are compiled in this review. Ramadan fasting shows limited benefits to body composition via reductions in body mass in both healthy and obese individuals, although the results are often found to be transient and heterogeneous. There is, however, a more consistent improvement in blood lipid profile during Ramadan fasting, which often lasts beyond the Ramadan period. The results for glucose homeostasis, on the contrary, are more conflicting and inconclusive. The heterogeneity in the findings from the various studies can be generally attributed to cultural variations in dietary habits, differences in the duration of fasting due to seasonal/climatic differences at various geographical locations, age, gender and socioeconomic status, as well as other health and lifestyle factors of the various study populations.
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