Type 2 & other diabetes

Time‐Restricted Eating on Appetite and Inflammation in Adults With Obesity and Prediabetes: A Randomized Feeding Study

Obesity (Silver Spring)Published Post hoc analysis of the Time-Restricted Intake of Meals (TRIM) randomised feeding trial

Authors' conclusion

Both 10-h TRE and 16-h UEP promoted improvements in eating behavior in the context of modest and equivalent weight loss.

Study context

Population
Adults with obesity and either prediabetes or diet-controlled T2D; mean (SD) age 60 (7) years, BMI 35.2 (6.0) kg/m²analysed
Participants
39 adults
Comparison
10-h time-restricted eating (TRE) vs 16-h usual eating pattern (UEP)
  • TREn = 19
  • UEPn = 20reference
Methodological detailsisocaloric, eucaloric, 12-week
  • Isocaloric
  • Eucaloric
  • 12-week

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

Eating behavior, appetite hormones and inflammatory markers · 12 weeks
  • Both arms increased restraint and decreased disinhibition and hunger
  • No statistically significant between-group differences in eating behavior, appetite hormones and inflammatory markers
  • Post hoc analysis

Further findings

Weight loss

Weight loss

Weight loss was similar across groups

Original publication

Time‐Restricted Eating on Appetite and Inflammation in Adults With Obesity and Prediabetes: A Randomized Feeding Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 27 July 2026. doi:10.1002/oby.70270

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