Maik Pietzner

Maik Pietzner

Maik Pietzner
Position

Chair in Health Data Modelling, Queen Mary University of London’s Precision Health University Research Institute (UK); and co-lead of the Computational Medicine Group at Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (Germany)

Topics

Intermittent fasting weight loss comparable to that of calorie restriction diets

Intermittent fasting has similar effects to calorie-restricted diets in terms of weight loss, concludes a meta-analysis, published in The BMJ, pooling the results of 99 previous clinical trials. Of three types of intermittent fasting (alternate-day fasting, time-restricted eating and all-day fasting), intermittent fasting has a higher impact on weight reduction compared to continuous energy restriction, the study adds.

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