Time-restricted eating: structure or extra benefit?

A one-year trial in 139 adults with obesity compared calorie restriction alone with calorie restriction plus an 8 am–4 pm eating window.

Weight-loss differences between groups were not statistically significant. This does not mean timing is irrelevant for everyone, but it does not support a promise of greater loss from an eating window alone.

Practical suggestion: choose an eating schedule you can sustain while fitting appropriate meals, then review progress.

Research source

Liu et al. • New England Journal of Medicine • 2022 • Randomized trial

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