Navigating challenges and adherence in time-restricted eating: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Adherence to any dietary approach is crucial for achieving long-term benefits. This qualitative study aims to explore the facilitators and barriers to adherence, and how individuals in community settings navigate time-restricted eating in their daily lives.

Methods

Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 21 participants who had practised time-restricted eating (confining the daily eating window to <10h a day; and excluding periodic fasting methods like the 5:2 approach or alternate day fasting) for periods ranging from 3 months to more than 5 years. A qualitative content analysis, underpinned by the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behaviour Model, identified multiple facilitators, barriers, and strategies that evolved over the practice.

Results

SUBMITTER: Rathomi HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12401815 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature