Trial reportJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2023
Early time-restricted eating advances sleep in late sleepers: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
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- Psychological and Psychiatric Consequences of Prolonged Fasting: Neurobiological, Clinical, and Therapeutic Perspectives.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
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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
- 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
- The Role of Chronopsychiatry in Precision Medicine: Circadian Dysregulation as Diagnostic Marker and Therapeutic Target.Current sleep medicine reports · 2026Review
- The effect of mediterranean diet and chrononutrition on sleep quality: a scoping review.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- Time-restricted eating, the clock ticking behind the scenes.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- Timing Matters: The Interplay between Early Mealtime, Circadian Rhythms, Gene Expression, Circadian Hormones, and Metabolism-A Narrative Review.Clocks & sleep · 2023Review
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Abstract
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objectivesThis study evaluated the effects of early time-restricted eating (eTRE) on shifting the timing of sleep among late sleepers. Primary outcomes included actigraphy- and sleep diary-derived sleep onset, midsleep phase, and wake time with total sleep time as a secondary outcome.
methodsFifteen healthy adults with habitual late sleep timing were randomized to receive either eTRE or sleep and nutrition hygiene (control) via a single 30-minute synchronous video session. Participants completed an initial 1-week baseline phase followed by a 2-week intervention phase. Measures included continuous sleep monitoring and sleep and nutrition diaries.
resultsLinear mixed-effects modeling demonstrated that eTRE significantly advanced sleep timing compared with controls. Self-reported sleep onset (56.1 [95% confidence interval: 20.5, 91.7] minutes), midpoint (19.5 [7.2, 31.9] minutes), and offset (42.2 [2.9, 81.5] minutes) each moved earlier in eTRE as compared with controls. Similarly, objectively determined sleep onset (66.5 [29.6, 103.4] minutes), midpoint (21.9 [9.1, 34.7] minutes), and offset (39.3 [1.3, 77.3] minutes) each moved earlier in eTRE as compared with controls. Total sleep time showed a nonsignificant increase in the eTRE group as compared with controls.
conclusionsLate sleepers who were instructed in a single session about eTRE significantly advanced their sleep timing, especially sleep onset. eTRE shows potential as a clinical strategy for advancing sleep timing in late sleepers. CLINICAL
trial registrationRegistry: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry; Name: FAST Asleep: It's All About Timing; URL: https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=122504; Identifier: ChiCTR2100043691. CITATION: Blum DJ, Hernandez B, Zeitzer JM. Early time-restricted eating advances sleep in late sleepers: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
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