Trial reportJournal of translational medicine2021
Eight-hour time-restricted feeding improves endocrine and metabolic profiles in women with anovulatory polycystic ovary syndrome.
Trial report in Journal of translational medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 88 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Effects of 16:8 Time-restricted Feeding on the Endocrine and Metabolic Profile in Overweight Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
The Effect of Time-restricted Eating on Insulin Levels and Other Metabolic Abnormalities in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Randomised Feasibility Study of Real-world Clinical Advice
The Impact of Time-restricted Eating on the Composition of the Intestinal Microbiota and Metabolic and Neurohormonal Parameters of Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Who cites it
88 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nutrition interventions in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review.European journal of nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- The Effects of Time-Restricted Eating in Women with Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- Time-restricted eating in overweight and obese adults: an evidence summary and clinical recommendations.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Effect of calorie restriction and intermittent fasting on glucose homeostasis, lipid profile, inflammatory, and hormonal markers in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of time-restricted eating for patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Time-restricted eating for body weight management in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
- Impact of Intended Isocaloric Early versus Late Time-Restricted Eating on Plasma Lipidome in Women with Overweight or Obesity: Secondary Analysis of the ChronoFast Trial.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Trial
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- Combination metformin and liraglutide in PCOS: clinical efficacy in women and preclinical insights from gut microbiome modulation in rats.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Trial
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- Effect of time restricted eating versus daily calorie restriction on sex hormones in males and females with obesity.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Trial
- Time-Restricted Eating Without Calorie Counting for Weight Loss in a Racially Diverse Population : A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of internal medicine · 2023Trial
- Early time-restricted eating compared with daily caloric restriction: A randomized trial in adults with obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
- Meal timing and eating window with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and life expectancy: population-based cohort study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Four-week time restricted eating intervention is associated with improvements in cardiometabolic risk factors and dysregulated eating among emerging adult women: a single-armed trial.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Sex-Specific Responses to Intermittent Fasting: A Narrative Review Across Physiological, Clinical, and Psychosocial Contexts.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Sexual Dimorphism and Menopausal Transition: A Narrative Review of the Metabolic and Physical Effects of Intermittent Fasting.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Fasting and Nutrition as Promising Treatment Strategies for Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Transitional Hormonal Stages.Nutrients · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundTime-restricted feeding (TRF) is a form of intermittent fasting, which is beneficial for weight loss and cardiometabolic health. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common reproductive endocrine and metabolic diseases affecting women of childbearing age. It is associated with an increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. The effects of TRF on PCOS patients remains undefined, here we investigated the impact of TRF on women with anovulatory PCOS.
methodsEighteen PCOS women aged between 18 and 31 with anovulation participated in a 6-week trial which were divided into two consecutive periods: (1) 1-week baseline weight stabilization period and (2) 5-week TRF period. Fifteen participants completed the study. Changes in body weight, body mass index (BMI), Waist-to-Hip Ratio, skeletal muscle mass, body fat mass (BFM), body fat percentage (BF%), visceral fat area (VFA), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), LH/FSH, total testosterone (TT), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), free androgen index (FAI), fasting glucose, fasting insulin (FINS), homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), area under the curve (AUC) for insulin (AUCIns), area under the curve (AUC) for glucose (AUCGlu), AUCIns/AUCGlu Ratio, lipids, uric acid, alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), menstrual cycle and eating behaviors were evaluated.
resultsSignificant changes in body weight, BMI, BFM, BF%, VFA, TT, SHBG, FAI, FINS, HOMA-IR, AUCIns, AUCIns/AUCGlu Ratio, ALT, hsCRP and IGF-1 were found after the TRF period. An improvement in menstrual cycle irregularity was detected in 73.3% (11/15) patients.
conclusionThe diet of TRF may be beneficial to anovulatory PCOS on weight loss especially reducing body fat, improving menstruation, hyperandrogenemia, insulin resistance and chronic inflammation. Trial registration Clinicaltrial.gov, NCT04580433, registered October 8, 2020, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04580433.
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