In a relatively small randomized, crossover, controlled trial, time-restricted eating (also known as intermittent fasting) did not lead to improvements in weight or other selected health parameters compared to participants’ regular eating patterns. For four weeks, the 12 women and five men (average age of 26 years) with overweight or obesity ate whatever they wanted from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm and fasted the rest of the day. For another four weeks, they ate as they wanted.
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