NCT04000516

The Effects of Early and Late Time-Restricted Feeding on Body Composition

The Effects of Early and Late Time-Restricted Feeding on Body Composition: an Effectiveness Trial in Sedentary Adults With Overweight and Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Texas Tech University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of either morning or evening time-restricted feeding on body composition in sedentary, breakfast eating overweight and obese adults. Three parallel groups were assigned to either morning fasting (MF), evening fasting (EF), or a control group and asked to do the intervention for 6 weeks. Changes in body composition (change in weight, percent body fat percent, and percent lean body mass) are the primary outcome, and hunger and satiety ratings and physical activity are secondary outcome measures.

Conditions

• Time Restricted Feeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Time restricted feeding	Restricting the eating window to about 8 hours a day, during waking hours.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-08
• Completion: 2019-04-08
• First posted: 2019-06-27
• Last updated: 2019-06-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States