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Effect of Isocaloric, Time-Restricted Eating on Body Weight in Adults With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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What it found
Weight and glucose outcomes did not clearly differ. The weight difference was 0.3 kg, with a 95% confidence interval from −1.2 to 1.9 kg.
Keep these limits in view
A small, single-site feeding study is informative about matched calories but does not settle long-term effectiveness in everyday life.
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- Evidence type
- Randomized controlled feeding trial
- Population or scope
- Adults with obesity and prediabetes or diet-controlled diabetes; mostly Black women
- Sample or coverage
- 41 randomized and completed
- Study duration or data period
- 12 weeks
- Comparison
- Earlier eating within 10 hours versus a longer, later pattern, with matched food energy and nutrients.
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