Time Restricted Eating Pilot - Bariatrics

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Time Restricted Feeding

Treatments: Behavioral: Time restricted feeding

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04006366

833432

Details and patient eligibility

About

Bariatric surgery patients have a variable course of weight loss, maintenance and regain. Time restricted eating is an approach that may help individuals lose weight and improve metabolic functioning. We propose a pilot 12-week trial of a 10-hour time restricted eating intervention among post-bariatric surgery patients. The intervention would consist of weekly sessions for 4 weeks, followed by one session every two weeks through 12 weeks, with weight change as the primary outcome.

Full description

We propose a pilot 12-week trial of a 10-hour time restricted eating intervention among post-bariatric surgery patients. The intervention would consist of weekly sessions for 4 weeks, followed by one session every two weeks through 12 weeks, with weight change as the primary outcome. We will provide behavioral weight loss education to the patients and monitor how many calories they are taking in once per week.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants will be at least two years post bariatric surgery who have completed participation in an ongoing longitudinal assessment study of bariatric patients at our medical center.

Exclusion criteria

• Participants who were non-compliant with the previous assessment trial, as well as those who were diagnosed with an eating disorder at their final (2 year) assessment visit. We will exclude participants at the discretion of the investigators who have unstable psychiatric issues or would be too ill to participate.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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6 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Other group

Description:

To test the effects of a 10-hour time restricted eating intervention before and after the 12 weeks of treatment on weight (primary), caloric and macronutrient intake, and a variety of psychosocial measures, including sleep, physical activity, blood pressure and eating behaviors (all secondary).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Time restricted feeding