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The TREAT trial: an eating window without calorie targets
Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity: The TREAT Randomized Clinical Trial
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What it found
Weight change did not differ clearly between groups. The estimated difference was −0.26 kg, with a 95% confidence interval from −1.30 to 0.78 kg.
Keep these limits in view
Follow-up was incomplete and short. A smaller in-person subgroup raised questions about lean-mass loss. This result does not test every eating-window schedule.
Understand the context
- Evidence type
- Randomized controlled trial
- Population or scope
- Adults with overweight or obesity
- Sample or coverage
- 141 randomized; 116 provided data
- Study duration or data period
- 12 weeks
- Comparison
- Eating from noon to 8 p.m. versus three structured meals; neither group received a calorie target.
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