Effect of Intermittent Fasting Among Adult Population (IF)

University of the Punjab

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intermittent Fasting

Treatments: Behavioral: Calorie Restricted Diet; Behavioral: Intermittent Fasting; Behavioral: Normal dietary intake

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05521945

ZAHARA ALI RIZVI

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our study aims to assess the effects of intermittent fasting among the healthy population.

Full description

Research needs to be conducted to find the effects of intermittent fasting on humans as it might not have the same favorable effects on the memory of a human brain compared to mice. This study will also help to assess the consequences of different intermittent fasting regimens on different individuals (based on age, sex, body mass index , memory status and physical activity etc)

Enrollment: 90 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI greater or equal to 25kg/m2.

Exclusion criteria

not given consent having secondary or syndromic forms of obesity taking medication for weight gain or reduction undergoing bariatric surgery

• diabetic pregnant women breastfeeding mothers chronic disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intermittent Fasting Group

Experimental group

Description:

eight hours eating window and 16 hours for fasting among healthy population

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intermittent Fasting

Customized Dietary group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Customized diet plan according to participants' calorie intake and according to their respective Body Mass Index

Treatment:

Behavioral: Calorie Restricted Diet

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Normal routine diet

Treatment:

Behavioral: Normal dietary intake