Early time‐restricted eating affects weight, metabolic health, mood, and sleep in adherent completers: A secondary analysis
Authors' conclusion
For those who can consistently adhere at least 5 d/wk, eTRE is a valuable approach for improving body weight, body fat, cardiometabolic health, and mood. Further research is needed to determine whether eTRE's effects of shortening sleep but reducing fatigue are healthful or not.
Study context
- Population
- Patients aged 25 to 75 years with obesity; analysis of adherent completers (adhered ≥5 d/wk every week)randomized
- Participants
- 90 patients
- Comparison
- Early time-restricted eating (TRE) vs control schedule
Methodological detailsper-protocol analysis
- Per-protocol analysis
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Weight loss, body composition and cardiometabolic health in adherers · 14 weeks
- Body weight; greater improvement with early TRE (eTRE)
- difference −3.7 ± 1.2 kg; P = 0.003
- Body fat; greater improvement with eTRE
- difference −2.8 ± 1.3 kg; P = 0.04
- Heart rate
- difference −7 ± 3 beats/min; P = 0.02
- Insulin resistance
- difference −2.80 ± 1.36; P = 0.047
- Glucose
- difference −9 ± 5 mg/dL; P = 0.047
Further findings
Mood and sleep
- Greater improvements in mood, including fatigue and anger, with eTRE
- eTRE adherers self-reported sleeping less and taking longer to fall asleep
Original publication
Early time‐restricted eating affects weight, metabolic health, mood, and sleep in adherent completers: A secondary analysis. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 14 December 2022. doi:10.
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