Time-restricted Eating for Postpartum Weight Loss
Use of Early Time-restricted Eating to Promote Weight Loss and Improve Cardiometabolic Health in Postpartum Women
University of Alabama at Birmingham
60 participants
May 22, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study is being done to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a time-restricted eating intervention among postpartum women with overweight/obesity.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- years of age or older
- Experienced a healthy singleton pregnancy
- -16 weeks postpartum at enrollment
- Body mass index ≥25 at enrollment
- Willing to consent
Exclusion Criteria9
- Self-reported major health condition (such as renal disease, cancer, or Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes)
- Current treatment for severe psychiatric disorder (such as schizophrenia)
- Self-reported diagnosis of anorexia or bulimia
- Current use of medication expected to significantly impact body weight
- Current substance abuse
- Participation in another dietary and/or weight management intervention postpartum
- Performing overnight shiftwork >1x/week
- Regularly fasting ≥14 hr/day or completing twelve or more 24-hr fasts within the past year
- Unable to understand and communicate in English
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Interventions
12 weeks of eTRE intervention. Study staff will provide 7 support sessions with brief behavioral support, including evidence based strategies of problem-solving, action planning, and motivational interviewing.
The control group will be instructed to maintain their average eating window for the 12-week period. Study staff will contact participants 7 times to encourage maintenance.
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NCT06491537