ArticleAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2022
Perspective: Time-Restricted Eating-Integrating the What with the When.
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- Time-Restricted Eating Improves Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
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- Circadian alignment of food intake and glycaemic control by time-restricted eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Intermittent Fasting on Cardiometabolic Health in the Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of time-restricted eating on sleep in adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Time-restricted eating versus dietetic guidance on glycaemic outcomes in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes: a non-inferiority randomised clinical trial.Diabetologia · 2026Trial
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- Eight-hour time-restricted eating does not lower daily myofibrillar protein synthesis rates: A randomized control trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Trial
- Effects of time-restricted feeding and walking exercise on the physical health of female college students with hidden obesity: a randomized trial.Frontiers in public health · 2023Trial
- Rationale and protocol for time-based energy intake goals within an obesity care lifestyle intervention: Daily eating patterns for total health study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Ketone Metabolism and Immunoregulation in Premenopausal Women: Protocol for a Pilot, Prospective, Single-Arm Dietary Intervention Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Eating duration and shift work are associated with diabetes: a cross-sectional study among US workers.The British journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Effects of intermittent fasting combined with resistance training on training adaptations: an exploratory multilevel meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Effects of timing and eating duration of time restricted eating on metabolic outcomes: systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMJ medicine · 2026Article
- Oleoylethanolamine precursor triggers lipolysis during Time-Restricted Intermittent Fasting and promotes longevity and healthy aging of Caenorhabditis elegans.Journal of physiology and biochemistry · 2025Article
- Nutrition and Aging Biology: Summary of a Research Centers Collaborative Network Workshop and Research Needs.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Chrono-nutrition and sleep: lessons from the temporal feature of eating patterns in human studies - A systematic scoping review.Sleep medicine reviews · 2024Article
- Challenges in Providing an Overview of Results of Intermittent Fasting Interventions on Diabetes Parameters. Comment on Silva et al. Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Regulation of Metabolic Homeostasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis in Health and Metabolic-Related Disorders.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Time-restricted eating (TRE) is a popular dietary strategy that emphasizes the timing of meals in alignment with diurnal circadian rhythms, permitting ad libitum energy intake during a restricted (∼8-10 h) eating window each day. Unlike energy-restricted diets or intermittent fasting interventions that focus on weight loss, many of the health-related benefits of TRE are independent of reductions in body weight. However, TRE research to date has largely ignored what food is consumed (i.e., macronutrient composition and energy density), overlooking a plethora of past epidemiological and interventional dietary research. To determine some of the potential mechanisms underpinning the benefits of TRE on metabolic health, future studies need to increase the rigor of dietary data collected, assessed, and reported to ensure a consistent and standardized approach in TRE research. This Perspective article provides an overview of studies investigating TRE interventions in humans and considers dietary intake (both what and when food is eaten) and their impact on selected health outcomes (i.e., weight loss, glycemic control). Integrating existing dietary knowledge about what food is eaten with our recent understanding on when food should be consumed is essential to optimize the impact of dietary strategies aimed at improving metabolic health outcomes.
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