Human trials
Does an eating window add to calorie restriction?
Calorie Restriction with or without Time-Restricted Eating in Weight Loss
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What it found
Adding the eating window did not produce a clear additional reduction in weight, body fat, or metabolic risk markers.
Keep these limits in view
Both groups received a weight-loss intervention. The study does not compare eating windows with an unchanged diet, and findings may not transfer to different populations or schedules.
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- Evidence type
- Randomized controlled trial
- Population or scope
- Adults with obesity in China
- Sample or coverage
- 139 randomized; 118 completed follow-up
- Study duration or data period
- 12 months
- Comparison
- An 8 a.m.–4 p.m. eating window plus calorie restriction versus the same calorie-restriction prescription alone.
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