Trial reportNutrition and health2022
The effect of 4-h versus 6-h time restricted feeding on sleep quality, duration, insomnia severity and obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity.
Trial report in Nutrition and health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Psychological and Psychiatric Consequences of Prolonged Fasting: Neurobiological, Clinical, and Therapeutic Perspectives.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Intermittent Fasting for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Risks: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of time-restricted eating on body composition and metabolic parameters in overweight and obese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- The effects of time-restricted eating on sleep in adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Intermittent Fasting in Human Compared to a Non-intervention Diet and Caloric Restriction: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Rationale and design of a PROBE trial comparing continuous enteral nutrition to time-restricted enteral nutrition in severe stroke.Stroke and vascular neurology · 2026Trial
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- Time-Restricted Eating and Sleep, Mood, and Quality of Life in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Effect of Time-Restricted Eating on Sleep in Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- Impact of 8-hour time-limited eating on sleep in adolescents with obesity.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023Trial
- Alternate-Day Fasting Combined with Exercise: Effect on Sleep in Adults with Obesity and NAFLD.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Time-Limited Eating and Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adolescents with Obesity: A Pilot Study.Nutrients · 2021Trial
- Obstructive Sleep Apnoea and Atrial Fibrillation: Current Evidence and Emerging Research Directions.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
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- Early but not late time-restricted eating improves an actigraphy-estimated sleep quality in women with overweight or obesity: secondary analysis of the crossover ChronoFast trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Effects of timing and eating duration of time restricted eating on metabolic outcomes: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of time-restricted eating on weight loss, sleep, and quality of life in obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) patients with obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTime restricted feeding (TRF) involves deliberately restricting the times during which energy is ingested. Preliminary findings suggest that 8-10-h TRF improves sleep. However, the effects of shorter TRF windows (4-6 h) on sleep, remain unknown.
aimsThis study compared the effects of 4-h versus 6-h TRF on sleep quality, duration, insomnia severity and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea.
methodsAdults with obesity (
resultsAfter 8 weeks, body weight decreased (
conclusionThese findings suggest that 4- and 6-h TRF have no effect on sleep quality, duration, insomnia severity, or the risk of obstructive sleep apnea.
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