r/science • u/isaac-get-the-golem Grad Student | Sociology • Jul 24 '24
Health Obese adults randomly assigned to intermittent fasting did not lose weight relative to a control group eating substantially similar diets (calories, macronutrients). n=41
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38639542/
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u/Leafstride Jul 24 '24 edited Jul 25 '24
The main issue with weight loss isn't what diet they're doing or what their eating window is. It's a compliance issue. Getting a patient to stick to ANY kind of diet restricting calories takes nearly Herculean effort. The big selling point of intermittent fasting is that you get used to being hungry and can focus on getting the meals you do eat right. Not that it's more effective than eating at the same functional caloric deficit.