Time Restricted Eating, Eating Behaviors, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Emerging Adult Women

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Time Restricted Eating, Eating Behavior, Diet, Healthy, Nutrition, Healthy

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess how time restricted eating interventions impact eating behaviors, diet quality, and body composition in women ages 20-29 years. Participants will be asked to limit all food and drinks (except water and some non-caloric beverages) to a 10-hour period during the day for four weeks. Participants 1-36 will follow their usual eating and activity patterns for one week before starting, and follow whatever eating pattern they want for 4 weeks after finishing. Participants 37-51 will follow their usual eating and activity patterns for one week before starting, and will not complete a follow up period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06145009

Run by

University of Delaware

People needed

51

Starts

2023-10-30

Expected to finish

2025-10-10

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-30

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 29. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Able to speak and read English
• Own a smartphone
• BMI ≥ 20 kg/m2
• Usual eating window ≥ 12 hours with the last eating occasion after 8pm on the majority of days
• Have at least a moderate baseline level of dietary restraint

You may not qualify if…

• Shift workers
• Being pregnant, nursing, or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months
• Having a past or current eating disorder diagnosis
• Having a chronic medical condition (including diabetes, heart, kidney, or thyroid disease) or a condition that requires therapeutic diet or specified meal timing

Where it is running

• University of Delaware — Newark, Delaware, United States

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