Flexible time-restricted eating combined with exercise in a free-living setting for middle-aged women with overweight/obesity: a randomized controlled trial
Zihan Dai, Masashi Miyashita, Eric Tsz-chun Poon, Xiao Yu Tian, Angus Pak-hung Yu, Cindy Hui-ping Sit, Stephen Heung-sang Wong · 2025
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Zihan Dai and co-authors test time-restricted eating paired with exercise in middle-aged women. Aging and menopause raise weight gain risk in this group. The trial split 104 women in Hong Kong into four arms for twelve weeks. Arms covered an eight-hour daily eating window, aerobic exercise, both, or neither. All women lived at home and kept their normal routines.
The paired arm lost the most fat mass, about 2.85 kilograms more than the control arm. It also beat each single arm by a clear margin. Blood and body measures tied to metabolism improved as well. No grave side effects were reported, and adherence stayed high. The authors call the pairing a workable plan for women facing excess weight at midlife.
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| CREATOR | Zihan Dai, Masashi Miyashita, Eric Tsz-chun Poon, Xiao Yu Tian, Angus Pak-hung Yu, Cindy Hui-ping Sit, Stephen Heung-sang Wong |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 81 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |