Trial reportClinical obesity2021
Intermittent and continuous energy restriction result in similar weight loss, weight loss maintenance, and body composition changes in a 6 month randomized pilot study.
Trial report in Clinical obesity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
27 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Optimal dosage of exercise combined with intermittent fasting for body composition and cardiometabolic health in adults: a systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Nutritional interventions and sleep quality in obese individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Pooled it
- Intermittent Fasting for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
- Intermittent fasting strategies and their effects on body weight and other cardiometabolic risk factors: systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of different types of intermittent fasting on metabolic outcomes: an umbrella review and network meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Comparing caloric restriction regimens for effective weight management in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Intermittent Energy Restriction Compared with Those of Continuous Energy Restriction on Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Adults.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analysis comparing the effectiveness of alternate day fasting, the 5:2 diet, and time-restricted eating for weight loss.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Intermittent Fasting versus Continuous Calorie Restriction: Which Is Better for Weight Loss?Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Trial
- Adherence to Behavioral Weight Management: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Measurement, and Components.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Article
- Rationale and protocol for a randomized parallel intervention trial of two intermittent fasting approaches in patients with type 2 diabetes.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- The correlation between different lifestyles and body composition focuses on eating habits, nutritional status, and physical exercise components.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2025Review
- The cyclic metabolic switching theory of intermittent fasting.Nature metabolism · 2025Review
- Fasting the mitochondria to prevent neurodegeneration: the role of ceramides.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- Optimizing muscle preservation during weight loss in patients with cirrhosis: A pilot study comparing continuous energy restriction to alternate-day modified fasting for weight loss in patients with obesity and non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- The Digital Platform and Its Emerging Role in Decentralized Clinical Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Poor adherence is a barrier to successful weight control. Intermittent energy restriction (IER) provides an alternative approach to those for whom daily energy restriction is not ideal. This study assessed changes in weight, body composition, and macronutrient intake for an IER and a continuous energy restriction (CONT) approach within a multicomponent weight management intervention. We randomized 35 adults with overweight/obesity (BMI = 31.2 ± 2.4 kg/m
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