Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population : A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Time-restricted eating (TRE), without calorie counting, has become a popular weight loss strategy, yet long-term randomized trials evaluating its efficacy are limited.

Objective

To determine whether TRE is more effective for weight control and cardiometabolic risk reduction compared with calorie restriction (CR) or control.

Design

12-month randomized controlled trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04692532).

Setting

University of Illinois Chicago from January 2021 to September 2022.

Participants

90 adults with obesity.

Intervention

8-hour TRE (eating between noon and 8:00 p.m. only, without calorie counting), CR (25% energy restriction daily), or control (eating over a period of 10 or more hours per day). Participants were not blinded.

Mea

SUBMITTER: Lin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11192144 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature