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

NCT ID: NCT06145009

Last Updated: 2024-07-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 36 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-10-30
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-20

Brief Summary

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 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.

Conditions

Time Restricted Eating; Eating Behavior; Diet, Healthy; Nutrition, Healthy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Time Restricted Eating

Participants will limit their eating (all food and caloric beverages) to an eating window of 10 hours per day for 4 weeks. The eating window must end by 8pm. Water and non-caloric beverages are allowed outside of the eating window. No other changes are required to the types or total amount of food eaten.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Time restricted eating

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Limit food intake to 10 hours per day as described in the experimental arm section.

Interventions

Time restricted eating

Limit food intake to 10 hours per day as described in the experimental arm section.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Time restricted feeding; Intermittent fasting; Meal timing

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 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

Exclusion Criteria

• 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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 29 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Delaware

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Carly R Pacanowski

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Carly Pacanowski, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Delaware

Locations

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Diane Vizthum, MS

Role: CONTACT

dvizthum@udel.edu

302-831-1109

Carly Pacanowski, PhD

Role: CONTACT

cpacanow@udel.edu

302-831-1109

Other Identifiers

2089190-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id