Open AccessIntermittent fasting as a nutrition approach against obesity and metabolic disease
Author(s) -
Shengjie Zhu,
Prasanth Surampudi,
Baback Rosharavan,
Maria Chondronikola
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1473-6519
pISSN - 1363-1950
DOI - 10.1097/mco.0000000000000694
Subject(s) - intermittent fasting , weight loss , medicine , obesity , caloric theory , insulin resistance , endocrinology , disease , metabolic syndrome , caloric intake , physiology
Intermittent fasting has been proposed as a potential nutrition approach against obesity and metabolic disease. Although data from studies in rodents convincingly support the antiobesity and cardiometabolic benefits of intermittent fasting, its effects in human health are still debatable.