Restricting calories leads to weight loss, not necessarily the window of time you eat them in

  • Written by: Clare Collins, Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Results of a new weight loss study were published this week, leading to headlines proclaiming intermittent fasting “isn’t a magic diet trick after all”.

The researchers aimed to test whether adding a restriction on what time of day you were allowed to eat (or not) to the usual low calorie (or kilojoule) diet led to...

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