ReviewCell metabolism2024
Time-restricted eating: Watching the clock to treat obesity.
Review in Cell metabolism, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 90 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
90 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of 8-Hour Time-Restricted Eating (16/8 TRE) on Glucose Metabolism and Lipid Profile in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Early, midday, and late time-restricted eating impact on anthropometry and cardiometabolic health: a network meta-analysis of RCTs.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of combining exercise with a 16:8 time-restricted eating protocol on body composition and glucose-lipid metabolism in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness and safety of intermittent fasting on blood pressure in adults with overweight or obesity: a systematic review.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Additional Effect of Exercise to Intermittent Fasting on Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Health in Adults With Overweight/obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Current obesity reports · 2025Pooled it
- The Effect of Time-Restricted Eating Combined with Exercise on Body Composition and Metabolic Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
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- Time-Restricted Eating Is Feasible and Acceptable and Improves Glycemic Control in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury and Obesity: A Pilot Trial.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Time-restricted eating for body weight management in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2026Trial
- 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 · 2026Trial
- Caloric restriction and time-restricted eating in older adults with overweight or obesity: The Health, Aging, and Later-Life Outcomes Pilot Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026Trial
- Time restricted EAting for Type 2 diabetes and MEtabolic health: The TEA TIME trial study protocol.PloS one · 2026Trial
- The effects of time-restricted eating combined with Tai Chi on glycolipid metabolism and endothelial function in postmenopausal women.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of time restricted eating and resistance training on body composition and mood profiles among young adults with overweight/obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
- Flexible time-restricted eating combined with exercise in a free-living setting for middle-aged women with overweight/obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Nature communications · 2025Trial
- Effect of Time-Restricted Eating Versus Daily Calorie Restriction on Mood and Quality of Life in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Time-Restricted Eating and Sleep, Mood, and Quality of Life in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Later eating timing in relation to an individual internal clock is associated with lower insulin sensitivity and affected by genetic factors.EBioMedicine · 2025Trial
- Effects of early, late and self-selected time-restricted eating on visceral adipose tissue and cardiometabolic health in participants with overweight or obesity: a randomized controlled trial.Nature medicine · 2025Trial
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Abstract
Time-restricted eating (TRE) has become a popular strategy to treat obesity. TRE involves confining the eating window to 4-10 h per day and fasting for the remaining hours (14-20 h fast). During the eating window, individuals are not required to monitor food intake. The sudden rise in popularity of TRE is most likely due to its simplicity and the fact that it does not require individuals to count calories to lose weight. This feature of TRE may appeal to certain individuals with obesity, and this could help produce lasting metabolic health improvements. The purpose of this review is to summarize current evidence from randomized clinical trials of TRE (without calorie counting) on body weight and metabolic risk factors. The efficacy of TRE in various populations groups, including those with obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is also examined.
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