Effect of a Six-Week Intermittent Fasting Intervention Program on the Composition of the Human Body in Women over 60 Years of Age
Domaszewski P, Konieczny M, Pakosz P, Bączkowicz D, Sadowska-Krępa E
International journal of environmental research and public health · 57 citations
How it was studied
- Design
- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
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- Independent funding
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Publication
- Published
- 2020-06-10 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 17 · issue 11 · p. 4138
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 80 citations · more than 96% of similar papers · 4.6× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 35 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Dietary Effects on Health · Diet and metabolism studies · Regulation of Appetite and Obesity
- Keywords
- Medicine, Body mass index, Overweight, Abstinence, Intermittent fasting, Obesity, Physiology, Body weight, Animal science, Fat mass, Internal medicine, Endocrinology, Biology
- MeSH
- humans, body weight, body mass index, fasting, body composition, human body, middle aged, female, overweight
5 authors
From PL
- Przemysław DomaszewskiOpole University of Technology
- Mariusz Konieczny · correspondingOpole University of Technology
- Paweł PakoszOpole University of Technology
- Dawid BączkowiczOpole University of Technology
- Ewa Sadowska‐KrępaAkademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach
Abstract
The objective of this research was to determine the effectiveness of intermittent fasting (IF) in reducing body fat and lowering body mass index. An additional objective was to determine the feasibility of applying IF in overweight women over 60 years of age, which was assessed by the ratio of subjects who resigned from the diet plan. This study included a group of 45 women over 60 years of age. The intervention in the experimental group involved complete abstinence from food intake for 16 h per day, from 20:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. (the next day). The results demonstrated that the body weight in the subjects in the experimental group (EXP) group decreased by almost 2 kg and this decrease was visible in the remaining parameters related to body fat mass. The skeletal muscle mass did not change significantly, which indicates an actual decrease in the fat mass. The proportion of subjects who did not succeed in following the prescribed diet plan was 12%. The application of intermittent fasting in female subjects over 60 years of age resulted in positive changes in body composition. Time-restricted feeding (TRF) was characterized by a lower resignation rate compared to other diets involving intermittent fasting.
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