Exploring the effects of <u>t</u>ime-restricted <u>e</u>ating on body weight and associated cardiometabolic outcomes in <u>S</u>outh <u>A</u>frican women living with HIV (TESSA): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We codesigned an intervention with a low-resourced community with the aim to investigate the effects of time-restricted eating (TRE) on changes in body weight and associated cardiometabolic outcomes in South African women living with overweight/obesity and HIV who have initiated dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Methods and analysis

Women with overweight or obesity (body mass index ≥25 kg/m², no upper limit), aged 20-45 years, living with HIV and in a low-resourced community, and receiving DTG-based ART for less than 2 years will be recruited from a community healthcare centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town (n=152). Participants will be randomised 1:1 to the TRE group (n=76) or standard of care control group (n=76) for 12 months. The TRE group wi

SUBMITTER: Mendham AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11624751 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature