Intermittent Fasting on Body Fat and Quality of Life

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy
• Interventions: Other: Fasting; Other: non fasting

• Registration Number: NCT06307275
• Lead Sponsor: Loma Linda University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this investigator-initiated study to check the feasibility that intermittent fasting has on body fat loss and quality of life.

Detailed Description

Start of study: Informed Consent, Body Fat Analysis, Questionnaires on quality of life, sleep, and stress. For the next four weeks, participants will eat their normal food intake with no restrictions on when to eat. Participants will keep their normal weekly exercise routine.

Midway of study: Body Fat Analysis, Questionnaires on quality of life, sleep, and stress. For the next four weeks, participants will do the intermittent fasting program. This program has participants fasting 16 hours from their last meal of the previous evening's meal to the first meal of their next day. Then for 8 hours, participants are able to eat. During the fasting, participants are allowed to consume water and black coffee/tea. Participants will also keep their normal weekly exercise routine.

End of study: Body Fat Analysis, Questionnaires on quality of life, sleep, and stress.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-03-05
• Study Start: 2024-03-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-03-12
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-08
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-11
• Primary Completion: 2025-12
• Study Completion: 2025-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• In good health

Exclusion Criteria

• Diabetes or Metabolic Syndrome

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Fasting	Fasting	For four weeks: Fasting for 16 hours from participant last meal of the previous evening's meal to the first meal of the next day. Then for 8 hours, participant is able to eat. During the fasting, participants are allowed to consume water and black coffee/tea. Participants will also keep their normal weekly exercise routine.
Non Fasting	non fasting	For four week: Participants will keep their normal food intake with no restrictions on when to eat. Participants will keep their normal weekly exercise routine.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visceral fat	change between baseline and eight weeks	In addition, body composition will also give us visceral fat measurement
Body fat percentage	change between baseline and eight weeks	Body composition will give the following measurement: body fat percentage

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Loma Linda University; 🇺🇸 Loma Linda, California, United States