Intermittent fasting for weight management and metabolic health: An updated comprehensive umbrella review of health outcomes
Authors' conclusion
This umbrella review highlights IF, especially TRE, as a promising intervention for weight and metabolic health, particularly beneficial for overweight or obese adults. We also highlight the need for further extensive research to understand the long-term effects, individualized IF plans and potential adverse effects of IF in different populations.
Study context
- Population
- Adults in intermittent fasting (IF) interventional studies (meta-analyses and systematic reviews; literature up to June 2024)12 meta-analyses
- Comparison
- Intermittent fasting regimens
- Outcome
- Health outcome associations with IF
Methodological detailsrandom-effects reanalysis, AMSTAR-2, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE), standardized credibility grading, Search of PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Embase up to June 2024
- Random-effects reanalysis
- AMSTAR-2
- GRADE
- Standardized credibility grading
- Search of PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Embase up to June 2024
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
- Health outcome associations with IF identified
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Original publication
Intermittent fasting for weight management and metabolic health: An updated comprehensive umbrella review of health outcomes. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 1 December 2024. doi:10.
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