Time-Restricted Feeding for the Prevention and Therapy of Lifestyle-dependent Disease

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Prevention and therapy of lifestyle-dependent disease

• Registration Number: DRKS00015057
• Lead Sponsor: Institut für Allgemeinmedizin, Universität Ulm

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-08-10
• Study Completion: 2019-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 104

Inclusion Criteria

Arm 1: Employees of the University/University Hospital Ulm, no known metabolic diseases, no known eating disorders.
Arm 2: Patients of the GP's practice with characteristics of metabolic syndrome without eating disorders, no insulin-dependent diabetes, no hyperthyroidism

Exclusion Criteria

Contraindications for fasting

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Primary outcome measure is the achievement of the target period of 8-9 hours of food intake (recorded in a diary: time of first and last meal). For this purpose, the percentage of days with the achievement of the target over the entire study period is calculated for each participant.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcome measures are longitudinal changes in anthropometric parameters (height, weight, waist circumference) and laboratory parameters (fasting glucose, IGF-1, triglycerides, cholesterol, HDL, LDL, cortisol, LDH, CRP) as well as health-related quality of life (VAS from EQ-5D), sleep duration and quality. These data are collected at the two measurement points before and after the intervention.