ArticleBMC nutrition2023
Time-restricted eating (16/8) and energy-restricted diet: effects on diet quality, body composition and biochemical parameters in healthy overweight females.
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- Effects of time-restricted eating on metabolic panel and sleep profile in patients with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of combining exercise with a 16:8 time-restricted eating protocol on body composition and glucose-lipid metabolism in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Early, midday, and late time-restricted eating impact on anthropometry and cardiometabolic health: a network meta-analysis of RCTs.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- The effectiveness of fasting regimens on serum levels of some major weight regulating hormones: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis in randomized controlled trial.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Relative Effects of Time-Restricted Eating, Energy-Restricted Eating, and Unrestricted Eating on Eating Patterns and Dietary Intake: Results From a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2026Trial
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- Time-restricted eating, immunomodulation and ketone metabolism in humans.Metabolism: clinical and experimental · 2026Review
- Mediterranean Diet vs. Time-Restricted Eating: Effects on Circadian Rhythm and Appetite Markers in Female Patients with Multiple Sclerosis-A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of time restricted feeding with low carbohydrate, high protein and fat diet without calorie restriction on body weight, blood sugar and lipid profile over 6 months: a retrospective cohort study.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Buddhist ordination as a culturally embedded model for improving diet, body composition, and sleep quality in overweight and obese adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Overnight Fasting and Body Weight: Emulated Target Trial Using Cancer Prevention Study-3 Data.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of intermittent fasting versus caloric restriction in weight loss and improving cardiometabolic health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Article
- The effect of intermittent fasting on microbiota as a therapeutic approach in obesity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundTime-restricted eating (TRE) is a current popular dietary strategy for noncommunicable diseases. However, studies demonstrated contradictory results for it and in all dietary strategies, diet quality is an the important part of the well-being. Our study aimed to investigate the effect of TRE and energy-restricted diet (ERD) on the nutritional status and diet quality of individuals.
methodsThis pilot study was completed 23 healthy overweight female. Anthropometric and body composition measurements of individuals were taken. The energy expenditure was measured using indirect calorimetry. Blood pressure and heart rate measurements were made. Biochemical parameters were evaluated and food consumption were taken. The quality of dietary intake was assessed using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) -2015. The physical activity levels of the individuals were estimated using the physical activity record. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 22.0) software was used for all analyses. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
resultsAfter 8 weeks of intervention, while no change was observed in the diet quality of the individuals in the TRE group (p > 0.05), a significant increase was found in the diet quality score of the individuals in the ERD group (p < 0.05). There was a 3.2% and 5.5% decrease in body weight of individuals in the TRE and ERD groups, respectively (p < 0.05). While no significant change was observed in the body fat percentage of individuals in the TRE group (p > 0.05), a 7.1% decrease was observed in the ERD group (p < 0.05). A statistically significant decrease was found in the total cholesterol (3.7%) in the ERD group, and in the total cholesterol (6.7%) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) (6.5%) in the TRE group. In addition, a statistically significant increase was found in adiponectin (77.3%) and total antioxidant status (TAS) (13.2%) in the ERD group.
conclusionEnergy-restricted diet yielded better results in weight loss and improvement of body composition and diet quality compared to TRE. Also, a decrease in total cholesterol level was found in the ERD group. However, more studies should be done with longer follow-ups and high sample sizes are very important in terms of creating public health-based recommendations.
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