ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Impact of Ramadan Fasting on Mental Health, Body Composition, Physical Activity, and Sleep Outcomes Among University Students.
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- Gastrointestinal symptoms and eating patterns during Ramadan fasting among university students in Palestine: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Sex-Specific Responses to Intermittent Fasting: A Narrative Review Across Physiological, Clinical, and Psychosocial Contexts.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Four consecutive weeks of dawn-to-dusk intermittent fasting are associated with improved neuropsychiatric symptoms and neurocognitive functions among adults: a prospective cohort.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Article
- Mental Health, Sleep, and Physical Activity Among Young Saudi Women During Ramadan: A Comparative Cohort Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2026Article
- Undiagnosed and Uncontrolled Hypertension in the Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia: A Ramadan Screening Study with Long-Term Trends (1990-2019) and Projections to 2027.International journal of general medicine · 2026Article
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- Clarifying fasting-based dietary strategies: toward alignment with emerging consensus terminology.The Libyan journal of medicine · 2025Article
- Exploring the impact of Ramadan fasting on women's reproductive health: A narrative review.Women's health (London, England)Review
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Abstract
backgroundOver two billion Muslims across the world practice Ramadan fasting, which involves refraining from food and drink from dawn to sunset. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of Ramadan fasting on mental health (depression, anxiety, stress), body composition, physical activity, and sleep quality among Jordanian university students.
methodsThis study utilized a quasi-experimental, pre-post-intervention design. It was conducted between March and April 2024 and included 77 students from the University of Petra (UOP) in Amman, Jordan. Bivariate analysis was performed to compare the variables pre-post Ramadan fasting. A linear mixed-effects model assessed the association between Ramadan fasting and each outcome.
resultsThe results indicated that Ramadan fasting was not associated with a change in the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21 score). Ramadan fasting led to a decrease in sleep quality, indicated by an increase in the PSQI score (β = 0.92;
conclusionIn conclusion, Ramadan fasting can positively affect body composition through a reduction in weight, body mass index, waist circumference, and other parameters of fat, emphasizing its potential role in body composition improvement. However, fasting was also accompanied by poorer sleep quality, including, specifically, poorer subjective sleep quality and sleep duration and greater disturbance. The associated impairments to sleep revealed in these findings demand strategies to mitigate sleep impairments, alongside, where possible, potential beneficial effects of fasting on body composition.
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