Time-restricted Eating Acceptability, Efficacy and Safety in Free-living Adults With Obesity
University of Mississippi, Oxford
Summary
A randomized controlled trial to determine adherence, acceptability and safety of time restricted eating (TRE) in healthy, sedentary, free-living adults with obesity between the ages of 19-65 years when following 16:8 TRE for 8 weeks. This 9-week study includes a baseline week and 8 weeks of the intervention period. Participants are randomly assigned to the TRE or the non-fasting control group. The TRE group will consume calorie containing food and drink only over an 8 hour period and rest of the 16 hour would be fasting. Adherence to TRE and calorie intake are the primary outcomes. Motivators, facilitators and barriers to TRE, hunger and cravings levels, weight bias internalization, body composition (weight, body fat%, fat mass and muscle mass) , Healthy Eating Index (HEI) to assess diet quality, skin carotenoid levels, disordered eating risk, sleep quality, and perceptions of health and well-being are secondary outcomes.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 19–65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 19 to 65 years * Owns a smartphone * Apparently healthy * BMI ( more than or equal to 25 kg/m2 ) and high body fat percent (BF%) (≥25% and ≥35% for males and females, respectively) * Sedentary lifestyle (less than 150 minutes of self-reported moderate to vigorous activity per week) * Self-reported eating interval of ≥12 h per day Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed diabetes mellitus (type I or II), coronary heart disease, heart failure, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, stroke, chronic lung diseases, liver or kidney disease, adrenal diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, unc…
Interventions
- BehavioralTime Restricted Eating
The intervention group will eat and drink in a prescribed daily feeding window of 8-hour between 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for 8 weeks and follow their normal exercise and resistance training routines. We will allow +/-1 hour starting and ending times for the eating window while aiming for an 8-hour eating window
Location
- Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, University of MississippiOxford, Mississippi